Monthly Archives: January 2026

More time down at Old Moor, once again the starting point was in the bird garden at the feeders were there was the usual birds around, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, |Coal Tit, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Long-tailed Tit.

Around at the Bittern hide a distant Marsh Harrier, fly thru distant Bittern. Down at the Reedbed hide the highlight was a Stonechat. Wader Scrape Hide again had Peregrine, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail, Great Black-backed Gull, Goldeneye. Birds at Wath Ings were Lapwing, Black-headed Gulls, Common Gull

Birds Seen : Bittern, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Cetti’s Warbler, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Common Gull, Coot, Dunnock, Gadwall, Goldeneye, Goldfinch, Great Black-backed Gull, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Grebe, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Marsh Harrier, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Peregrine, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Pochard, Shoveler, Stock Dove, Stonechat, Teal, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon (41)

Blue Tit

Chaffinch

Goldfinch

Greenfinch

Long-tailed Tit

Pied Wagtail

Pochard

Reed Bunting

A cold day at Old Moor and my first visit of the year, the feeders were my first call, to get into using the camera again, after a couple of months away from it, at the feeders were Blue Tit, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Long-tailed Tit, Reed Bunting. Next call was down at the reedbed hide, where there was very little Gadwall, Little Grebe, Pochard, and Tufted Duck. At the Reedbed Hide I eventually caught up with a Stonechat and a distant Marsh Harrier The walk down to the Wader Scrape hide I came across Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail, heard a Cettis’s Warbler, a Great Black-backed Gull flew over.

Viewing from the wader scrape hide I had great views of a pair of Peregrines, bathing, unfortunately at a distant

After Old Moor I nipped around to Wombwell Ings and saw the first winter White-fronted Goose (a first for the area = 142)

Birds Seen : Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Cetti’s Warbler, |Common Gull, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Gadwall, Goldeneye, Goldfinch, Goosander, Great Black-backed Gull, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Grebe, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Marsh Harrier, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Peregrine, Pied Wagtail, Pochard, Redwing, Reed Bunting, Robin, Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Stonechat, Teal, Tufted Duck, White-fronted Goose, Wigeon, Woodpigeon (43)

Oystercatcher

Long-tailed Tit

Goldfinch

Great Tit

Robin

Tufted Duck

A cold day with most of the pools frozen, with small pockets of unfrozen areas, this is were the Ducks and Swans were located main species were Teal, Gadwall, Mallard and Mute Swan. Around at the woodland feeders were Treecreeper, Wren, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Blackbird and Blue Tit.

Looking around the reserve we found a small flock of Goldfinch, Linnet and Redpoll

Birds Seen : Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Collared Dove, Common Gull, Coot, Dunnock, Fieldfare, Gadwall, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Jay, Lesser Redpoll, Linnet, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Pheasant, Reed Bunting, Robin, Snipe, Teal, Treecreeper, Woodpigeon, Wren (32)

Grey Heron

Carrion Crow