My only look at a wood warbler came in June a few years ago, so it's probably not too late but might be hard to find if there are a lot of leaves. My last two visits to the Strid were fruitless as I didn't even hear one.
Any Yorks listers know if the Spotted Sand at Stocks Res, Lancs is actually in VC64 and therefore OK for a Yorks list. I vaguely remember Stocks location being discussed somewhere before.
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Saw a large BOP species out of the office window in Horsforth this afternoon. I'm assuming it was a Red Kite (although couldn't see the obvious tail) or Buzzard, but it broke the boredom of the working day. I was discretely trying to watch it out of the window whilst having a conversation with the boss. Don't think he noticed!!
Notwithstanding that the bird could be in any drain, it does seem to be favouring a particular one where it re-orintates each morning. If anyone could assist or draw a map it would be appreciated.
The Strines Monty's been nowhere to be seen today - it's presumably retreated back into deepest darkest Derbyshire...
I know this won't be easy, but can anyone assist in identifying the heron's favoured drain? I dipped on Sunday, but actually I'm starting to think it was present and the small knot of birders present were watching the wrong drain.
I drove down Humber Lane, where the road becomes rough track and parked up where the cars were all parked. I walked down the left hand edge of a field towards the estuary, where at the bottom of the field before the fence there was a thin narrow ditch stretching all the way up the field parallel to the estuary to where the ponds start.
I was told this was the ditch, but I think the bird was actuaklly in a wider drain (not ditch) on the other side of the floodbank closer to the pumping station and estuary - and probably present all along whilst I was there!
Notwithstanding that the bird could be in any drain, it does seem to be favouring a particular one where it re-orintates each morning. If anyone could assist or draw a map it would be appreciated.