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Category Archives: Birds
Gulls chasing Bat
Monday, 4 October, 2021, 10.52 am, Newmillerdam near main car park, sunny slight breeze: There’s a commotion amongst the black-headed gulls and a boisterous flock of 20 or 30 of them swoop and tumble over towards me from the outlet … Continue reading
Sparrow Box Soap Opera
Some day we will get it right for the birds! First we put up a blue tit box and sparrows nested in it, so we replaced it with a sparrow terrace with three nest holes and the blue tits nested … Continue reading
Little Egret in Wrenthorpe
At a recent meeting of Wakefield Camera Club, I was asked to identify a bird seen perched in a tree at the bottom of a garden in Wrenthorpe. Expecting a jay, as this is the bird that most often crops … Continue reading
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Tagged little egret in Wakefield, little egret in Wrenthorpe, Wakefield wildlife
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Spring Walk
Setting out on our morning walk we are surprised by the piping call of three oystercatchers as they skirt the edge of Coxley Woods. Our regular one hour walk involves a lot of road walking but is proving enjoyable with … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Nature notes, Wildflowers
Tagged spring walk for wildflowers, Wakefield willdlife
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Waxwings in Crofton
Earlier today, Chris Swaine tweeted his sightings of a small flock of waxwings near the former Slipper pub in Crofton. Although there seems to be hundreds of waxwings up and down the country at the moment, these are the first … Continue reading
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Raven over Anglers Country Park
Chris Swaine, a regular birder at Wintersett, just Tweeted this great image of a raven over Anglers Counrty Park. This is a very unusual bird for the area and Chris informs me that he also saw it just before Christmas … Continue reading
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Tagged raven in Wakefield, Raven over Anglers CP, Wakefield wildlife, Wintersett
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Darvic rings fitted to the peregrines
During the previous ringing of the peregrine chicks it wasn’t possible to fit the Darvic rings due to a fault with them and so tonight, again with the aid of licensed bird ringers, the Darvic rings were fitted. The Darvic … Continue reading
Peregrine chicks ringed
In order to keep track of our young peregrines and find out where they head off to in the future, the chicks were today ringed by licensed and experienced bird ringers from the mid-Derby Ringing Group. This involved taking the … Continue reading
Raptors on the move
An osprey was recorded flying low over Stanley Ferry Flash today, it was heading north, mobbed by carrion crows, Red kites have also been recorded on several days lately at Wintersett and Anglers CP.