Sunday, January 14, 2007

Green sandpiper

A green sandpiper was reported by a Huddersfield Birder, just inside our area at Cooper Bridge (approx' SE178207).
Flushed just at the side of the sewage works at 9:50am, then heard in the same place at 11:50am.
Many thanks to David Pennington for the record.
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3 comments:

David Tattersley said...

I am particularly interested in this sighting as I visit the sewage works to the left of the A62 travelling towards Mirfield fairly regularly as I live in the Huddersfield Area not too far away from here.
If this is the site it is private and owned by Yorkshire Water and permission to visit it must first be obtained from Ian Fairless on 01484 441208 or 07790 616367.
As far as I am aware all the remaining sewage plants in the area are strictly out of bounds!

9:03 pm
Anonymous said...

The Green Sand was in the sewage works on the right hand side of the A62 travelling towards Mirfield. I think they are known as the 'Brighouse Filters' and, like David Tattersley says, strictly out of bounds. However, there's a public path running along the river bank around the South side of the works and from here it's possible to look through the fence. This is what I did.

David Pennington

9:23 pm
David Tattersley said...

Thanks for the info David, much appreciated!

9:58 am

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