Lots To Tell !!!

Hi friends :-)

It's official ... Summer is here ...

Hosepipe ban soon then ;-)

So ... Here is today's news for you's guys ..

Old Moor to begin ..

 Reported from the Wader Scrape were a little egret, a green sandpiper and 2 dunlins ..

Wath Ings had lapwings and a yellow wagtail ..

There were 2 oystercatchers seen flying over the reedbeds as were 4 common terns .. A peregrine falcon was spotted sitting on a pylon near to the car park at 9:30am and a kingfisher was also seen flying over the driveway leading down to the car park ..

A great report was of a black-necked grebe which paid a visit to the Mere !! ... Cool !!

A juvenile bullfinch was seen in  the Bird Garden as was a great spotted woodpecker..

A no fixed abode report was of 2 common buzzards ..

And now here's a word from Nige:-) 

Bolton Ings ..

Seen here were 3 grey herons, 4 great-crested grebes with 3 young, 20+ little grebes, 35 tufted ducks plus 6 broods, 4 pochards, 172 coots, 77 black-headed gulls, a lesser black-backed gull,  4 common terns plus a juvenile seen flying around too, a male reed warbler, 2 male sedge warblers, 2 male whitethroats, a male blackcap, 3 male chiffchaffs, a green woodpecker and a kestrel ..

Thanks Nige !!

Now for some extra news....

Wombwell Ings had 2 grey herons, c40 coots, c15 tufted ducks, a great crested grebe,  2 little grebes, a redshank, a blackbird, swifts and swallows, wood pigeons, black-headed gulls, house sparrows, 14 Canada geese seen flying towards Old Moor, and finally a mute swan with 5 cygnets ..

Edderthorpe Flash had 2 common terns, 2 lesser black-backed gulls, swifts,  cormorants, c20 black-headed gulls, 14 mute swans plus cygnets, a good sized flock of lapwings, c60 coots, tufted ducks, mallards with ducklings and a kestrel ..

Lastly over to Broomhill Flash ..

Reported from here were  house martins, moorhens, black-headed gulls, 6 stock doves, an oystercatcher, Canada geese, mallards, mute swans, a kestrel with young, tufted ducks, swifts and house martins flying South, a pied wagtail, lapwings and goldfinches...

So there you go .. All done for today !!!

Have a great evening everyone ;-)

Bert xxxx