Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Big Freeze 21 December

The River Calder was almost completely frozen over this morning around Elland Gravel Pits and the Bradley Hall Farm area.



There were just a few areas of ice-free water, mainly around the weirs where a few waterbirds were congregated. A pair of Mandarin Duck were near The Old Cornmill near Brighouse, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 female Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant and a female Sparrowhawk were the only birds of note about, beautiful scenery but desperate times for any birds around here at the moment.

1 comment:

Mike Henshaw said...

Nice one David of the Mandarins and the offer stands to call up and spend some time in my bolt hole,out every day between 1145to approx 1300 and the Waxwings were still around today.