Flew through back garden this afternoon - Gillibrand north.

Some fresh muck has been added to the piles and there was lots of activity this morning - birds though were mobile from the piles, into the fields and also the long hedge heading SE away from them. Yellow Wagtail (m) Wheatear (9m, 2f) - several 'Greenland' type candidates Meadow Pipit - 50+ with bir...

Couldn't resist adding another picture of the grebes...

First visit to this highly recommended reserve just south of Leeds. A place to spend many hours and a lot of walking involved but birds, excellent birds, everywhere. On arrival, a pair of showy Little Owls on the wooden pallets next to the very impressively large coal grabber next to the car park. O...

Went in hope that something brought in on today's showers...

14 Mediterranean Gulls in the roost this evening amongst c2000 Black-headed Gull. 1 Common Gull and a dozen each of Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull as well.

Dodging the showers and hoping they brought in something good... Aside from the usual mossland birds... Eyes Lane - M Wheatear on the muck pile opposite the large flood only thing of note. Croston Finney - Pairs of Gadwall and Greylag on the compound flood. 50+ Golden Plover on Great Close Field wit...

Eyes Lane - M&F Wheatear on the large muck pile with the Little Egret on the flood opposite. Croston Finney - not a lot but Grey Partridge was new for the year for me. Common Bank Lodge - F Goosander and 2pr Canada Goose. Lovely display of Wood Anemone around the lodge. Yarrow Meadows - 2 Brimst...

Finally got the trap out of hibernation. Not much this morning but first first garden moths of the year were:
Brindled Pug
Hebrew Character
Common Quaker

Cheers Len. Tricky on the Wagtail due to the cropping, but the flanks do look nice and clean.

4 Water Pipit, including a very fine summer plumaged bird, currently showing well (with a little patience) by the concrete trough/wildfowlers pull-in at Marshside. Female Wheatear there as well today. Lots of Avocet and Black-Tailed Godwit on the fresh marsh and a couple of fine Mediterranean Gulls ...

Southerly winds and overnight rain brought more expectation and a total of 8 Sand Martin (4 each at the Twin Lakes and Croston Sewage Works) this morning. Singing Blackcap also by the lakes. A cracking male Merlin flew across the mosses nearby. The Green Sandpiper continued to sit by the entrance to...

Hoping the showers would work their magic, a single Swallow over the Twin Lakes was the highlight. However, a thorough searching of many muddy puddles and wet fields on the mosses drew a blank on waders, apart from a solitary Redshank on the compound flood on the Finney. The male White Wagtail was s...

Possible two birds this morning, that looks more like a female. The first bird I had this morning was a cracking male, completely white below. The light was a bit tricky when John and Gary arrived so could have been this bird because of the slight smudging on the flanks.

A small influx of wagtails at Croston Sewage Works produced an early male White Wagtail amongst a dozen Pied and at least 5 Grey Wagtail. Little Egret, 3 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, and Linnet as well. Next to Eyes Lane for Paul's Wheatear. 2 female and 1 male on the muck heap...

After just over an hour of listening 8-9pm:
3 groups of Common Scoter (and 2 further possible groups disrupted by traffic noise)
2 groups each of Wigeon and Teal
1 of probable Gadwall
1 Coot
1 Black-headed Gull
Plus the Mallards and Moorhen distantly from Common Bank Lodge.