Back down at Old Moor, a cold start at around 4° C, winter is coming, the day did brighten up as it went along and was lovely in the sunshine.
I started at the Tree Sparrow Farm, where there were a few Greenfinch and Goldfinch about along with a few young birds of both. I then moved into the kids playground, no kids, and looked thru the bramble patch’s finding Harvestman, Green Shieldbugs, Common Wasps, and a Willow Emerald Damselfly.
The stepping stone ponds were the next area to look thru, trying to avoid stepping on Common Darters as I made my way around. On at the top pond, my best encounters were a Brown Hawker, Migrant Hawker and Common Darters.
Then after dinner I moved onto the Green Lane Loop, where there were a lot of Common and Ruddy Darters, with a few Migrant Hawkers and a Brown Hawker, Butterflies were Comma and Red Admiral, a fly thru Great White Egret and Kingfisher. I called in at the Field Pool East Hide, from here, I could see a couple Avocets, Teal, Black headed Gull, Coot, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose and Crow.
Around at the Wath Ings Hide, here could be seen a couple of Green Sandpipers, a single Greenshank, plus four Spoonbills. After Wath Ings I did the return side of Green Lane, stopping briefly at the Wader Scrape Hide, I didn’t stop, due to too many people in the hide, so I walked down to the nearby pond and had time here, sitting in the sun enjoying the Darters and Migrant Hawkers, a distant hovering Kestrel, finally finishing on tour along the hedgerow watching more Common Darters, Comma, Red Admiral and Speckled Woods
Migrant Hawker
Goldfinch
Willow Emerald Damselfly
Common Darter
Greenfinch
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