Osprey in Action

 Osprey in Action

Fantastic to watch this superb bird at work

Fantastic Osprey

 Fantastic morning out to see the local Osprey with the company of Roy H, Dave P, 

and Howard C,  3 Grey Wagtails, 3 Cormorant, 15 Goldfinch, 6 Swallows, Sparrowhawk 

hunting, Kingfisher and this fantastic Osprey only the second time seeing one so close and 

the first time it was at nighttime so to get clear views and to watch it fishing was brilliant.

St Aidens Trip

Had a lovely trip out to St Aidens on Saturday with my mate Roy Horrobin,

the weather held up nicely and there was plenty to see, I was chuffed to see

the Bittern flying over twice but couldn't get a decent pic of it which was a 

shame but still great to see it, Spoonbill showed well and a couple of distant

Cattle Egret were seen
 

Soil Hill Raptors

                Sunday nights trip up to Soil Hill turned out eventful after a quiet start to

                the evening, plenty of Meadow Pipits about and Skylark, 3 Curlew and gulls,

                no Ring Ouzel that I'd seen during the day, was hoping to find the Black Redstart

                that had been seen up there but with the Sparrowhawk about anything could've

                happened, it actually snatched a Wren that I was photographing right from under

                my nose, its wing actually hit me on the head, the Long Eared Owl then showed 

                for about 5 minutes which was great to see it hunting.

Adwick Washlands

      Great day out last week at Adwick Washlands with RH especially getting a good

      view of the Cetti's Warbler, cracking little reserve with plenty to see, Green woodpecker

      was there as soon as we got out of the car, not a big reserve but plenty to see.

      Chiffchaff, Redshank, Buzzard, Kite, Little Owl, GSW, Gadwall, Garganey, Wren

      among the other birds we seen there

Ring Ouzel

Great to see the Ring Ouzel back in Halifax, seems to be a lot of arrivals

this year, this is the male the female was seen by me and DJS but too far

away for a decent pic, 5 were seen up at Wainstalls and 4 at Bradshaw Fields

on the day I was with JL and AC both these fella's are doing a great job at 

spotting birds lately they've taken up the void that  Daniel B left behind.

Thanks for your hard work you two.

Sorry not getting on blog as much but having a lot of trouble uploading

pics onto sites, something wrong with computer but I haven't a clue why.