Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Legerdemain
A handy man to have on your team.Good to see he is not to face any disciplinary action after accidentally handling the ball twice in the World Cup qualifier. Apparently they are thinking of changing the name of Henry Street in Dublin to Hand Ball Alley. Vive les tricheurs!
Monday, 18 January 2010
The pits at Cromwell Bottom
Visit this am.
The waterski lake is thawing slowly so not much about there.
Species seen:-
flocks of goldfinch
flocks of long tailed tits and other titmice
flocks of redpoll
5 siskin
5 goosander, 3m, 2f
1 pochard
coot
moorhen
cormorant
bh and common gulls
2 jay
wren
blackbird
mistle thrush
jackdaw
dunnock
nuthatch-on the feeders in the car park
kestrel
1 mink on the river
The waterski lake is thawing slowly so not much about there.
Species seen:-
flocks of goldfinch
flocks of long tailed tits and other titmice
flocks of redpoll
5 siskin
5 goosander, 3m, 2f
1 pochard
coot
moorhen
cormorant
bh and common gulls
2 jay
wren
blackbird
mistle thrush
jackdaw
dunnock
nuthatch-on the feeders in the car park
kestrel
1 mink on the river
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Horse opera and donkey serenade
Lots of us have a deep affinity with the natural world, and animals in particular, but you can take this too far.
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-man-accused-having-sex-horse-donkey/article-1682397-detail/article.html
Sounds like Mr Squires was having a bit of a mare.
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-man-accused-having-sex-horse-donkey/article-1682397-detail/article.html
Sounds like Mr Squires was having a bit of a mare.
Monday, 11 January 2010
Smew news
Sunday 10 Jan
I went over to Horbury Junction yesterday with Veronica and spent three hours walking up and down the bank of the River Calder to get a good look at a smew. Good numbers of birds on the river, unsurprisingly including bird usually seen on lakes, ponds etc.. The following were among the species were seen:-
I went over to Horbury Junction yesterday with Veronica and spent three hours walking up and down the bank of the River Calder to get a good look at a smew. Good numbers of birds on the river, unsurprisingly including bird usually seen on lakes, ponds etc.. The following were among the species were seen:-
smew
goldeneye
teal
widgeon
pochard
red breasted merganser
coot
moorhen
mute swan
grey heron
tufted duck
mallard
canada goose
sparrowhawk
meadow pipit
house sparrow
dunnock
redwing
fieldfare
blackbird
mistle thrush
blue, great, long tailed and coal tit
chaffinch, goldfinch and greenfinch
wren
pied and grey wagtail
agbrigg shxtehawk
wood pigeon
herring gull
black headed gull
magpie
carrion crow
jackdaw
The smew was pretty skittish and it flew up and down the river a few times but we got good views eventually. What a cracking bird.
Photos by Veronica. Keep practising.
Snow business
I haven't been able to post recently but I have been out and about a few times, despite the weather.
Highlights have bee two great northern divers at Scammonden reservoir and great views of a short eared owl there also and a scaup at Cromwell Bottom, Calderdale's nearest thing to Titchwell.
Highlights have bee two great northern divers at Scammonden reservoir and great views of a short eared owl there also and a scaup at Cromwell Bottom, Calderdale's nearest thing to Titchwell.
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