Monday, November 19, 2018

Mixenden and Ogden late afternoon

Mixenden Reservoir
2 female Goosander
Gulls carefully checked c60 B H Gulls, c40 Common Gulls, 1 L B B Gull adult

Ogden - never seen the reservoir so low
Hundreds of Black-headed and Common Gulls heading for the big roost at Thornton Moor + a few Herring gulls
c80 Mallard
1 Grey Heron
1 Green Woodpecker
1 Grey Heron
Very few finches going to roost and no sign of winter thrushes to roost other than a few Blackbirds

2 comments:

Brian Sumner . said...

Badly needs some water in Ogden now to attract the winter wildfowl, I dont think they,ll like dropping down into that basin.
Always plenty gulls about at Mixy when I pass each day. The cold weather may drop you a diver in Dave.

David Sutcliffe said...

I'll keep trying. A grebe would be nice !!!