Had a morning out to Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve and to Swalesmoor this afternoon it was a bit quiet at both area's and very windy and cold up Swalesmoor.

Cromwell Bottom-:

Robins
Great, Blue and Coal Tits
Jay
2 Cormorant
Moorhen
flock of LT'T's
2 Chaffinch
and a Dipper up by the weir spotted by Graham Haigh he's got better eyes than me.

                                           Woodpecker seen on Wednesday
Swalesmoor-:
A few Linnet & Twite
Lots of Crows, Jackdaws & Magpies, should call it crow city.
2 Kestrel

                                   

Random Shots

Not been out for a couple of days because of the wind and rain and commitments so thought i'd just post a few random photo's that I've taken-:

                                           Seven Sisters

                                             Devotion

                                             Steppe Eagle

                                             Red Kite Portrait

                                            Sunset over Ogden

Swalesmoor & Claremount 04/10/2014

Had a walk up swalesmoor and around claremount today at about 4 to 6 o'clock but was very quiet-:

3 Kestrels
Flock of Twite & Linnets on first farm up ringby lane
2 Pied Wagtail
a few chaffinch and tits
2 mistle thrush? fighting
and regular corvids.

Cromwell Bottom 02/10/2014

Visited Cromwell Bottom today hoping to spot the kingfisher but had no joy, but there was still plenty of birds around.

Great Tits  a few Goldfinch
Blue Tits
Coal Tits
LTT's
Chaffinch
Robins
Wrens
Jay
the usual corvids and a flyover of canada Geese,
a lone Goosander and a lone Water Rail but too far away for a good shot.

                                            Robin

                                              Blue Tit

                                                Great Tit above Coal Tit below

 

Swalesmoor 29/09/2014

Had a walk up Swalesmoor ( Ringby Lane) this evening to see if anything was about-:

10 Twite   2 Robin   10 + Linnet   6 Goldfinch
2 Wheatear
2 Kestrel
Gulls & Crows
4 Sparrowhawk