Spent some time there from mid morning. It's such a good place for a mix of species with a range of habitats. Thirty-nine species was a decent return and it was good to have a nice cuppa in the visitors center and a chat with one or two friends there.
Nothing out of the ordinary. A Kingfisher by the weir, always good to see, along with a single drake Teal. Just one female Goldeneye showing on the ski-lake and 6 Tufted Duck with a pair of Goosander and two Cormorant fly-by's.
A mixed flock of tits with a few Siskins and Lesser Redpolls with 3 Goldcrests, Bullfinch and Goldfinches on the mound woodland Alder and Birch areas being preferred. Five Redwings flew overhead.
On the way over towards Southowram, a single adult Great-black-backed Gull was taking a rest in a field. Such large impressive gulls not all that common over Calderdale.
Tawny Owls have been singing in the Wheatley Valley this week.
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