Andy
top stuff on the blog as usual, i wanted to raise this one with you went for a stroll between east cottingwith and hagg bridge saturday but was saddened to see 5 dead mutes mainly young birds, 3 had been heavily predated but two seemed to be fully in tact,could not get close enough to identify rings etc,
is this normal? and should i report it to anyone?

some recent pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zing0414/

BF meet
 

The Med Gull from Holbeck today

top shot ken nice one!

Hello i met a group of Leeds RSPB members at Cresswell pond Northumberland yesterday. I hope the rest of your day went well, and i hope you caught up with some of the local species i mentioned.

regards brian r

A little video I took at lunchtime of the long-staying Ring-billed Gull at Sands Lane GP, Mirfield:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jr_studio/5442884022/

14 Goosander present plus Tufties, Mallard, Mute, BH, Med, Common Gulls etc.

Hi Zing - glad you liked the blog post.

Might be worth ringing the Natural England Office up at Wheldrake to inform them where they were so they can check them for rings and establish how/why they died (eg check for illegal hunting/hitting overhead wires etc). With them being Swans they might also need to be sent off to check for bird flu (although very unlikely i guess). If they are ringed they might be able to gather some usful information from the bodies.

Cheers, Andy

thanks Andy also looked a

http://www.dardni.gov.uk/index/anima...-dead-bird.htm


will give them a ring tomorrow. i know the last three months have been rough for them but it just seems wrong that 5 birds have perished in the space of three miles.

Spent yesterday over at Harewood for the red kites, then made our way over Hull way... Marsh Harrier, RLBuzzard again, Bitterns, SEO`s, Barn Owl... this one will take some beating.

=)

WoW!!!!!

I couldn`t wait to get back home to start editing my pics! I`m SO sad.

haha

Redhouse
 

Glad some are realising other stuff is there.sat had the redpolls as usuall;(they now have own site, Please check it thos who are interested, there are some interesting birds amongst them(.However saturday , as mentioned, the woodpeckers were frisky, marsh tits coming down too 4 feet at times on feeders, and this sprawk came through, literally was chasing redpolls aroound my head!

Think it got the only Arctic on site ......before i got the photo!!!:smoke:

Paul

brilliant!!! ok when,where,how what kit etc etc

That is one great photo! Well-done!

thanks guys... my friend lent me his 1D mkIV and 500mm f4... i`m one lucky laydeee =)

Just in case you hadn't noticed, that's a link for Northern Ireland ;)

doh!!! must rediscover my ability to read, cheers Ken

Two different birds have been seen fairly regularly around Kelk over the last month.

Barn owls
 

2 birds also just outside wheldrake on the elvington road.

Single red kite circling over Headingley stadium around 2.30pm today

Hi All,
Went down the garden this morning and found a half broken eggshell from a Collared Dove. Surely in this cold winter this has got to be a record of some kind to have young in the nest by Feb 14th.
Dave

Iceland gull
 

couple images from BF meet sat.(Scarboro harbour).
Anyone else interested could take a look at latest redpoll 'contender' on redpoll forum.

Nice pics Doc

Tyke Meet report now on thread HERE

Ldv
 

a pleasant afternoon at the duff carrs,pintail,widgeon,redshank mutes and black swans dunlin,100s of lapwings geese etc and then this fellow turned up,
any ideas anyone.
sadly could not get any closer.



some more pics here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zing0414/

it's a dabchick zing, or if you want the posh name a little grebe.