Back to my local nature reserve, I had time to kill, so I thought on having a few hours at Cromwell Bottom near Brighouse. I wasn’t out for anything special, it was a matter of being out in nature again.
A Sparrowhawk was my first encounter, heading over the car park at height as I was getting my gear together. There wasn’t anything the visitor centre feeders, or the river, I headed off to the main feeding station. Here I found Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Dunnock, Nuthatch, Magpie, Robin and a Wren.
I then headed off on to the river side footpath, nothing doing along here either or from the view point. Over on the ski lake were a few Black headed Gulls, but i couldn’t really see much do to foliage. I got back to the car park bridge, over the canal, where I heard a Buzzard calling, not to be located. Mute Swans and Mallards were on the canal.
A little snack at the café, coffee and cake, and another look over the feeders here, this time there were Coal Tits, Nuthatch, Blue Tits, Great Tits and a fly over Cormorant.
Only 21 species seen or heard today, however its not the list that counts but its the getting out that counts, sometimes to to force yourself to do it, but it does pay off.
Bird List : Blackbird, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Crow, Coal Tit, Cormorant, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Jackdaw, Jay, Long tailed Tit, Magpie, Mute Swan, Nuthatch, Robin, Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon, Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove. Woodpigeon, Wren (21)
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