Thought I’d go down to Old Moor, for a change, but mainly to get the bird tally up and running, and with the weather forecast for snow, I knew I wouldn’t be going anywhere for a while.
The Tree Sparrow farm was the first port of call, with camera in hand, first glimpse around it looked like things had been updated a bit with new feeding areas, with new set ups, which looked a bit more photography friendly. There were a few photographers and a good selection of birds about with Pheasant, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock, Robin, Reed Bunting, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, and Bullfinch.
My next move was the path down towards the Reedbed hide, down here I came across a few Redwings and a single Mistle Thrush. At the hide were Mute Swan, Gadwall, Wigeon, Little Grebe, a pair of Common Buzzard, Coot and Stock Dove.
My next port of call was the wader scrape hide, where I was hoping for Caspian Gull, unfortunately there were none, but on the mere were Herring Gull, Great Black backed Gull, and Black headed Gulls, also on the mere were Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Teal, Wigeon, Mallard, Gadwall and Pied Wagtail.
The final hide of the day was Wath Ings hide, where I added Shelduck to the day list along with Little Egret, Grey Heron and Common Gull
Video of the Day can be seen HERE
Bird List : Black headed Gull, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Common Gull, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Gadwall, Goldfinch, Great Black backed Gull, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Little Egret, Long tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Mistle Thrush, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Redwing, Reed Bunting, Robin, Shelduck, Shoveler, Stock Dove, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Woodpigeon (41) (43/200)
Redwing
Bullfinch
Reed Bunting
Blue Tit
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