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  1. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    just awful weather here non stop 'moor grime'..........the river is full. just a week left of 2023
  2. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    birding has dried up here due to the weather not much to report, did see some waxings locally but had to drive so not counted last month just the usual dippers, kingfishers, goosander the large group of canada geese on brearerly fields this afternoon had a single pink footed goose nice to see...
  3. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    today 11th november a bright frosty morning garden 0700-0800 coal tit 2 fieldfare 4 overhead grey wagtail 2 raven 1 redacre wood and canal 0830-0930 kingfisher 1 goosander 2 f buzzard 2 greenfinch 2 siskin 7 nuthatch 1 pink footed goose 134 east common gull 1 ad dipper 1 garden...
  4. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    saturday 28th after a couple of weeks of storms and nearly getting flooded this saturday was the first chance to get out the morning started well with the first fieldfare of the year and some small groups of redwings heading over, most of saturday was spent in the garden with heavy mist...
  5. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    well my maths was never any good!! on here its 83 for the year just done my list on BUBO and its 85 2 and a half months left of the year still a chance of making it to 90 fingers crossed
  6. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    Yesterday Saturday was a nice sunny but cold day Cormorant 3 Goosander 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 1 Around 10pm whooper swans flew over the garden calling very welcome 83 whooper swan
  7. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    nothing today apart from redwings, for me autumn has arrived when you suddenly hear them calling overhead. the first wave started around 5am with a steady stream heading south-west until around midday when they stopped, i reckon over 3000+ went over the garden this morning
  8. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    well the last week or so has been quiet with just the usual stuff around house martins are still around the house!! 2 cormorants are back on the lamposts sparrowhawk over the garden on monday dipper 2 on the river meadow pipit good numbers over heading sw tawny owl calling most evenings...
  9. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    a nice 4.5 mile walk this morning came across a bird feeder opposite the robin hood pub that must have had the most coal tits ive seen there were over 30! plus 2 nuthatches quite mesmerizing watching them come and go jays have started to be more active with over 7 seen, buzzards are back with...
  10. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    Well back in Mytholmroyd for a while House martins still around though getting fewer Buzzard over first for a few weeks Small group of redpoll over this morning was the first of the year and just heard a group of teal fly over the garden 81 redpoll 82 teal
  11. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    after whats seems like 2 weeks of very little bird life here, this morning was quite good house martin still over 50 around the house grey wagtail 5 kingfisher on the canal cormorant over and best of all 2 skiens of pink footed geese totalling around 250 heading east
  12. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    Firstly the stock dove last week was new So the upto date list is 78 stock dove Today 9 mile walk pushed myself to get to some bracken which can be excellent for migrants on the moors also some big isolated gardens around the moors, as birders know drizzle and low cloud help so really...
  13. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    Seen a few this year mainly East Sussex in spring
  14. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    Very quiet the last few days apart from up to 5 buzzards daily A nice 3 mile walk along the moorland edge very windy Nice views of coal tit goldcrest and treecreeper in daisy bank wood but very little else Dropping down to great jumps farm there is a nice overgrown hedgerow out of the wind...
  15. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    Well did a 6.5 mile walk from home to stoodley pike then back over the moors Some great habitat around the isolated farms mainly muddy fields with juncus Highlights Goldfinch 100+ Linnet 8 Sparrowhawk 1f Siskin 20+ Meadow pipit 70+ Wheatear 2 Willow warbler singing Chiffchaff 7...
  16. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    Well continued watching from the garden this evening 3 juv buzzards constantly calling and interacting over the valley Raven flew over calling 2 kestrels 9 lesser black backed gulls and 12 black headed gulls went west Plus a dipper on the short walk to Sainsbury’s Got a good walk planned...
  17. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    15th august Early dog walk then back home to do some house work Set off to head up on the moorland edge Despite the wind quite interesting a female type wheatear was feeding along a drystone wall. Little owl calling was very nice A few chiffchaffs calling from a lovely sheltered garden but no...
  18. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    nice morning cleaning the campervan to get it ready for the weekend buzzard 3 sparrowhawk 1f cormorant 1 canada goose nc grey wagtail 1 house martin 30+ swift 2 raven 1 lesser black backed gull 1 west
  19. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    been in mytholmroyd since tuesday 1st, back home now. no year ticks but did record the following within a mile walk always along the canal or river mallard nc goosander 1 f canada goose nc grey heron 1 sparrowhawk 1f buzzard 4 raven 1 black headed gull 1 lesser black backed gull singles...
  20. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    8th july rain and more rain 9th july a watch from the garden 0500-0800 2 raven over large gull sp flew west grey wagtail 2 around 6am i was in the kitchen waiting for the kettle to boil looking out of the window when a white blob was flying over redacre wood....dash out side for the...
  21. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    another hectic weekend with the ibiza classical at the piece hall on friday,saturday was relaxing after too much dancing friday though colette had described a bird she didnt recognise on a dog walk friday morning along the canal " fat grey with long legs and massive feet" so off we went looking...
  22. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    weekend in mytholmroyd after london just the same birdwise lots of house martins and sand martins the dullness of june i guess a pair of siskins on the feeders yesterday evening i was on the decking and camera inside the house so a phone shot of the male had to do best of all whilst using my...
  23. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    friday 2nd june too warm for me a born and bred yorkshire man so just rested and watched the house martins and swifts saturday 3rd june lazy day before heading out for a meal what i love about birding a patch is the contrasts between species so raven is common over the garden good bird but...
  24. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    thankyou paul good birding darrell
  25. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    a warm weekend lots of blue sky saturday garden completed new decking bird feeders set up and lots of insect areas created...........also the house is amongst a house martin colony so much of the weekend was spent trying to get photographs the sound of them took me back to my childhood with...
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