Sunday, December 06, 2020

Soil Hill & other sites; Updates from the week

Soil Hill
-A Common Buzzard flew over during the late afternoon of the 2nd 
-1 male Stonechat on the 4th
-Raven have been present on and off throughout the week
-Common Snipe numbers peaked at 4 on the 5th, Jack Snipe numbers peaked at 2 on the same date
-1 Siskin flew over East on the 6th
-Various skeins of Pink-footed Geese have passed over during the week; 

15

East

09:09:00

01.12.2020

172

West

15:00:00

02.12.2020

120

West

15:30:00

02.12.2020

24

West

11:36:00

05.12.2020

69

West

11:43:00

06.12.2020


-Jack Snipe
-Pink-footed Geese


Lower Gorple 01.12.2020
-1 Adult Great Black-backed Gull flew over
-Single drake Teal

Elland Gravel Pits 02.12.2020
-Various Siskin and Lesser Redpoll flying around calling
-1 Raven flew over
-3 Whooper Swans were on the Ski Lake. At around 10:20 another flock of 5 birds arrived, circled the lake three times and then flew off towards Brighouse. The 3 birds on the lake then took off a few minutes later and flew towards Elland

-Whooper Swans

1 comment:

David Sutcliffe said...

Nice shot of the flyover Whoopers. It's a shame the views of the ski-lake are so limited nowadys. It turned up some good birds in the past - when we could view it reasonably well.