Spring weather and longer daylight hours had me reaching for my binoculars on a evening meander around the Calder Wetlands site near Pugneys CP near Wakefield (see My Maps Link), it was only for an hour but always good to be out.
Parked up near the Swan and Cygnet Pub and could hear the call of Wigeon as I was getting my gear together, Cormorant overhead as I made my way on site. Two lakes spilt in half by a pathway, I decided on heading that way as I could view both from there. Little Grebes were calling and soon picked up with the larger Great Crested Grebes, also Coot, Tufted Duck and a few very nice Goldeneye (♂/♀) were close by.
A Green Woodpecker was heard along with a Redshank (which I saw later), and caught sight of a couple of Oystercatchers hiding in amongst the bushes, still couldn’t find the birds I was looking for. Mute Swan and Reed Buntings drew my attention, there was also a few gulls about Herring, Common and Black headed.
I decided on looking thru a few more Tufted Ducks when I finally caught sight of the Long tailed Duck close by and right next to it was the Male Scaup, they both took some finding and my hour was nearly up.
Decided on a quick look at Pugneys only thing of note were 18 Pied Wagtails along the shore line and grass bank
Birds: Blackbird, Canada Goose, Crow,Common Gull, Coot, Cormorant, Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Herring Gull, Lesser Black backed Gull, Little Grebe, Long tailed Duck, Magpie, Mallard, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail, Redshank, Reed Bunting, Robin, Scaup, Starling, Tufted Duck, Wigeon
Mute Swan
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