Agree with Steve....good field notes are best......digiscoped pics can be good (if you're lucky), indifferent (most of them) or bad ( the rest). Look on the digiscope forum....they talk of taking 100's of pictures for maybe a handful of decent ones.
jimmy2faces said:Went down to Rodley today, still really slow down there. I can't really figure out why. There was a common sandpiper through, but that is the only wader I have seen down there for a month - what the f...
Did have a Rodley first - yellow wagtail so not all bad. There was also kestrel and g.s. woodpecker. On the main lagoon a couple of gadwall but overall not too overwhelming.
Finally had 40 swallows through south.
Keep up the thread guys!
jimmy2faces said:Went down to Rodley today, still really slow down there. I can't really figure out why. There was a common sandpiper through, but that is the only wader I have seen down there for a month - what the f...
Did have a Rodley first - yellow wagtail so not all bad. There was also kestrel and g.s. woodpecker. On the main lagoon a couple of gadwall but overall not too overwhelming.
Finally had 40 swallows through south.
Keep up the thread guys!
Hotspur said:Good work, i take it the Izzy wasn't overly obvious!
Roe Deer? Almost fits the description, although don't really have long legs. They are the only species found around East Yorkshire- not sure about your neck of the woods.Lawts said:1 deer species? (no streaking or spotting, long-legged, very black and white mouth)
No sign of LRP
Hotspur said:Good work, i take it the Izzy wasn't overly obvious!
Lawts said:Does anybody know good/recent sites for Raven in Yorkshire? Along with Osprey it is my Yorkshire bogey bird. Unlike Osprey though, as it breeds there is no excuse.
Thanks.
bitterntwisted said:Steve,
I climbed Ingleborough on the hottest day in July, heading up from Clapham and past Gaping Gill. At Gaping Gill I watched a Raven down to about thirty yards before it flew off west. I din't see another person the whole way up, which may help as I believe they are very sensitive to disturbance.
I hesitate to call this a "good" site on the basis of one record, but if anyone else has encountered a Raven up there please post and we may be on to something.
Word of warning - it is a hike just up to Gaping Gill from Clapham, let alone up Ingleborough. I did a circuit from Ingleton so covered 15 or more miles - I don't suggest you do that on the off chance of a Raven!
If you can find another day like July 25th it would help. It was still warm enough to sunbathe at the top at 6PM, with a view out over the whole of Morecambe Bay - about as good as life gets!
Graham
Often get them flying across the valley here where I live.Lawts said:Does anybody know good/recent sites for Raven in Yorkshire? Along with Osprey it is my Yorkshire bogey bird. Unlike Osprey though, as it breeds there is no excuse.
Thanks.
Geoff Pain said:Often get them flying across the valley here where I live.
jimmy2faces said:Just had a peregrine from the office (well barn) window in sicklinghall flying into the valley. First of the winter.
skink1978 said:Nice one. Peregrines are one bird I will never tire of seeing. My favourite place to see them is down in Essex where they hunt pigeons over the Thames industrial area. Even seen one from a traffic jam on the the M25!
jimmy2faces said:cool, also on my way home so a dead badger, which was unexpected. a colleague told me she had nearly run one over too so must be some in the area, and I suppose dawn and dusk are nearer rush hour now.