Calderdale Birds

The recent adult  Great Black-backed Gull was there again on 21st and 22nd though I failed to relocate it after 11:20 yesterday when all th...

 A day for ducks...... The Tufted Duck flock seems to be increasing daily with a maximum count today of 27. Also, and enjoyed by a good few ...

Site visit 16th January. Bonus bird was an adult Great black-backed Gull, most of the time just resting on the water, looking a real '...

 Finally got a bit of  birding yesterday 15th Jan. Cromwell Bottom ski-lake 2 Scaup still present and sticking together. Looks like they ar...

 A walk along the river Ryburn today produced 19 Mandarin Duck by far my biggest count in Calderdale in fact anywhere , the 12 males  were i...

Ring-necked Parakeet 1

Not much to report today though  the feeder was  busy with Blue, Great, Coal and Long-tailed Tits. Most interesting was a superb looking Gre...

3 of 50 Fieldfares Also, 66 Greylag geese!

   Had an enjoyable day out birding around Halifax with Harry Coghill. We started at Soil Hill (of course) where we flushed two Jack Snipe ,...

Single Mute Swan still here. The knob at the base of the bill is a little more swollen than in the photo of 5 November - suggesting that the...

3 Greenfinches: a welcome sight

 

 1 of 3 Ravens. I still sometimes have difficulty separating Raven from Carrion Crow when a flying or perched bird is seen against the sky, ...

 Red -throated Diver in Hebden Bridge today for its second day..Mayroyd Marina and Falling Royd...

Still no news of the Slavonian  Grebe following the recent frost and icing on the lake at Lee Dam where it stayed for a good while. Severa...

 The Slavonian Grebe still at Lee Dam today but the water is freezing up rapidly other than the inlet stream (BL). The bird will probably m...

The recent conference last Saturday was a very interesting and informative day. Very well organised, this annual event this year was held lo...

 10 Red-legged Partridges

The Slavonian Grebe was still being seen at Lee Dam though the pond was icing up yesterday. If the icing gets worse it may move on but for ...

1st cy female Tufted Duck. The iris is orange, (not bright yellow). Also, 2 males.