Walshaw Dean did not produce any major surprises, apart from a pair of Little Ringed Plovers, which is not a bird I can recall at this site. Also found:
1 F Whinchat briefly, by the reservoir house.
1 Redshank.
At least 4 Common Sandpiper.
A pair of Wheatear.
1 M Tufted Duck at top end of Upper Res.
2 chicks, apparently Mallard, in a stream to the E side, but no parent found.
A relatively small number of Canada Geese - no more than 40 over all 3 reservoirs, including a noticeably small bird in a pair, which were chased off the top reservoir by a 3rd bird.
1 M Kestrel.
Usual woodland stuff, including a lot of Willow Warblers.
Usual woodland stuff, including a lot of Willow Warblers.
Also a very brief Ring Ouzel, which my walking buddy confirmed was in the same area last week.
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No Swift yet, not even heard.
One over Midgley this morning (29th)
Please be careful when mentioning potential breeding sites of schedule 1 species on the Blog, this is a public blog and as such could be (and possibly is) accessed by eggers etc. Any posting that is considered innappropriate will be edited to remove site references, I hope everyone understands.
I had one at Elland Gravel Pits on the 24th. There were 20+ there on 27th and 4 early this morning.
That small canada goose looks interesting. Does anyone have any knowledge on IDing vagrant species?
Richardsons are small,small bill and brown/less white on throat.?But i dont know it might just be small.
very interesting anymore pics ?
richardsons shows a darker breast
heres a link that may be of help
http://www.oceanwanderers.com/RichardsonsCAGO.html
copy and paste into your url bar
Lesser.?
There's another good link here:
http://www.oceanwanderers.com/CAGO.Subspecies.html
that shows a Richardson's next to a 'standard' canada. If you click on the Walshaw pic you get a much bigger image
as far as i understand the canada goose complex falls in to 2 catagory's
greater and lesser these are considered to be seperate from each other.
it looks good,from the lesser's ive seen, though the bill looks odd and not as dainty as would expect also appears to be the same plumage as the bird next to it(though with only one photo..more please)
size is'nt everything!
Thanks for comments re Canada Goose. I wasn't really thinking this was likely to be a true vagrant bird, I was merely musing over the size differential in the feral population. For one thing, the pair came very close to where we were stood - those photo's were taken with the camera's own 6X zoom, not through the scope!
Nick's other point is taken - I'm afraid that in my enthusiasm, I overlooked the status of the bird concerned on this occasion.
No worries Phil!
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