…Causey Woods looking for Dipper unfortunately I didn’t find any however I did find a couple of Grey Wagtail. It was then off to see if I could get onto some Barn Owl which I did.
Sparrowhawk over the Causey.
Grey Wagtail on the burn.
Barn Owl (female I think)
Skylark.
Kestrel.
Roe Deer.
After dipping the Russian White-fronted Geese on a previous visit to Lamesley Water Meadows I decided to have another try so a few days ago I went down again and this time I was lucky. I did see them from the hide but not very well as the rain was lashing down and I had to keep the side window closed and beside that they were too far away for any decent images. When the rain cleared, I went to the Oak tree and managed to see them from there.
Russian White-fronted Goose.
I am assuming this strange looking Goose is a hybrid
of a Greylag and a Canada Goose, any other suggestions would be welcome.
An acrobatic Greylag Goose.
Not quite Hilda Ogden’s wall.
Curlew.
One of two Heron.
Canada Geese with the second Heron in the background.
As I said it was lashing down and this Sparrowhawk
shot through and as it was so far away, I basically pointed my camera in the
general direction of it never thinking I would get any images.
Male Teal.
A pair of Mallard.
A distant Kestrel on the ground presumably looking for
worms.
…my wife and I, to visit three hides, Clara Vale, Thornley Woods and Far Pastures but due to roadworks we only visited two Clara and Shibdon Ponds. After visiting Clara, we had a canny bacon sandwich at Bradley Gardens so we also had a look at the pond while we were there.
Long-tailed Tit at Clara Vale.
Reed Bunting.
Coot on the pond at Bradley Gardens.
Mute Swan again at Bradley.
Herring Gull at Shibdon Ponds.
Black-headed Gull.
A distant Sparrowhawk.
They always fly off in the wrong direction.
A very distant Pochard.
