A Dartford Warbler was found at Swillington Ings this morning, on the hillside to the west of the Visitors' Centre. This is the second site record but it is still a scarce Yorkshire bird (only about the fifth County record).
Dartford warbler apparently now at St. Aiden's - went this morning and unfortunately dipped on it, but quite windy so that was putting birds down. Quite a few stonechats about though.
Yes I now see what the problem would be,I was picturing something on the lines of the old York plant. We often use the A168 as a quieter route alongside the A1M looks like that option will have gone if this goes through. The ownership might give local people a few sleepless night as ME countries are not noted for being environmently friendly.Pete you are wrong on this one what they are planning is the biggest sugar plant in Europe, it will belong to a middle east organisation and there will be three silos each taller and much much wider than the incinerator chimney. The whole thing is an utter nightmare, I read somewhere they would be talking up to 1000 lorries at day but don't know if that is true or not.
I've got a new resident in the garden-99% certain she's a female blackbird,but plumage is a little different.Paler "eyebrows",redder colour bur still brown,black beak-is this one of our winter visitors,or just a variation?
Also,I've just signed the beet factory petition.As a local resident,I'm disgusted that this has been dropped on us.
Bolton Abbey/The Strid
Just wondering if anyone has been to Bolton Abbey or the Strid in the last week or so - have the pied fly's, redstarts, wood warblers etc started to return yet? Thanks. Tom