Blackbirds

Bird watching from the warmth and comfort of the house today!

Woke up to no less than 10 blackbirds on the rooftop deck, squabbling over whose territory it was but otherwise waiting patiently for more food to be put out.

We have a regular flock of house sparrows, quite a few blue tits, great tits, coal tits and marsh tits, at least 2 robins, a pair of collared doves, a couple wood pigeons and 1 lone starling.


Shawnna

Askham Bog

Our first trip to Askham Bog on a lovely sunny but cold morning.  The Robins were the first to greet us and judging by the welcome of the various tits they were expecting us to provide some food!

The bog was quite wet so we mostly stuck to the boardwalk.  Lots of Blue Tits, Great Tits, Robins, Marsh Tits and Dunnock.  Venturing off the boardwalk near the entrance we also spotted a pair of Bull Finches and several Gold Finches.  We also spotted a couple birds that we couldn't identify so we'll have to come back and spend more time!

Shawnna

Rooks

A walk from home late this afternoon revealed:
3 Buzzards circling
a flock of Bramblings which was new for our list
a delightful spotting of Bull Finches
a large flock of Greylags honking past overhead
and of course the usual din of Crows and Rooks as the sun headed down.


Shawnna

Old Cote Moor

A quiet and misty hike today from Kettlewell over Old Cote Moor into Arncliffe.

Saw a dozen or so Red Grouse on the tops, a female Great Spotted Woodpecker in the woods on the way down and along the river from Arncliffe 2 Dippers and 2 Treecreepers.

Along with lots of pheasants where we stopped for lunch!

Shawnna

Sparrows

Tree Sparrows and House Sparrows