Hawfinch Hunt

 
  Day off work today so I decided to go looking for
  Hawfinch after a report that they'd been seen in Ilkley,
  but sadly I couldn't locate any along with 5 other birders
  and it wasn't for the lack of trying but still I had an
  enjoyable day though all the birds were very flighty.
  the cemetery where the Hawfinch had been seen had
  lots of Redwing but again very flighty, Blackbird, Wren,
  Dunnock, House Sparrow, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Blue Tit,
  Great Tit, LTT's, Greenfinch, Robin and Mistle Thrush.

  I then took a walk along the riverbank and was asked
 3 times if I was filming wildlife and that a few Heron,
 Terns and Kingfishers were about which I was grateful
 for but I couldn't locate the Terns. Its definitely a place
 I'll go too again. Along the path were Wren, Jay, Dipper,
 Heron, 5 Goosander , in the air were Buzzard, Kestrel and
 Sparrowhawk, just a shame most were at too far at a distance
 for a decent photograph or too dark deep in woodland.
 Woodpecker was heard, Kingfisher flew past and a Nuthatch
 was also seen in the cemetery.

  

Week to Forget

  Took a walk around Swalesmoor & Shibden Valley on
  Sunday and it seemed like 3 hours of my life wasted as
  it gruesomely quiet, well saying quiet might not be the
  right word as the wildlife was about as it was heard or
  at a far distance, my garden was actually busier with birds.

  Swalesmoor had 4 Meadow Pipit and 8 Grey Partridge,
  bottom of Ringby Lane had House Sparrows, Goldfinch,
  and Chaffinch and a Greater Spotted Woodpecker heard
  but not seen, but the top of Hag Lane was busy with birds
  but hard to see as it became very dark, Wren, Dunnock,
  Blackbird, 8 Bullfinch and a flock of LTT'S were about,
  4 Redwing and 2 Fieldfare were in the distance, some
  Greylag Geese also on the walk around, and that my
  friends was about it, a very soul destroying walk.

  Garden had 30+ Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Collared Dove,
  Starlings, Great & Blue Tit, Stock Dove and a Sparrowhawk
  flypast, a Deer was seen on a walk later in the week.
  Oh I forgot also a few Robin seen.