Wednesday, April 20, 2011

High Royd SF - 6:00pm





A quick visit in passing. I have never seen less water in the old settling beds, and rather mysteriously I have never seen more water in the swampy scrubby area to the west of the area (near the house - see photo). Has the water been diverted there? It's not as though the water can have come from rain! Was hoping for a sedge warbler, but no luck. Birds seen include:
- 2 nuthatch
- 5 coot
- 2 moorhen
- 2 pairs of teal
- 1 juv and 1 adult heron
- a pair of blackcap
- hundreds of carrion crows, two of which were partly leucistic
- chiffchaff and willow warbler heard

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