Cromwell Bottom ( Elland Gravel Pits) Tues.22nd

On Monday the river finally went over the slipway on the left bank just below the bailey bridge. Got some pictures. There was a long waterfall dropping down into Brookfoot Loop. Still didn't prevent the cellars of Brighouse from flooding as the engineers said it would when the scheme was built. This was at the time of the waste tipping on the other two loops. I was on the liason group.
When I went down again Tuesday afternoon, the lagoons were holding back hardly any extra water.
List in two hours, nothing rare, but for diversity, as usual birds have the edge over other groups for year round interest.
Blue, Great and Long Tailed Tits,
Robin, Wren, Blackbird,
Cormorant swimming in the swollen river,
Mallard, Teal, Goosander,
Grey Heron, Canada Goose,
Great Crested Grebe on the anglers' lake,
Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker,
Coot, Moorhen about 6 different individuals,
A flock of finches unidentifiable in the gloom,
Carrion Crow, Magpie, Dunnock.
Flock of Black-headed Gulls feeding from the surface of the river.

SUNNYVALE LAKE
Colin Duke reports a pair of Little Grebe, one held a small fish. Courtship?
I have found a half-built Collared Dove's nest already at Halifax.