Thursday, May 05, 2011

Goosander with young







Goosander on the Calder this morning with 1 newly fledged chick(DJS) has location.Very early compared to 2009 first seen 09/06/09 ,2010 seen 15/05/2010,a good start for Goosanders.Pair of Buzzards 02/03 and 04 May in same location again DJS has details.Looking bad for Kingfishers ,only 2 single birds seen this year between Brighouse and Cromwell Tip.Up to 15 Swifts ,8 Sand Martins ,6 Swallows ,3 Garden Warblers ,2 Reed Warblers.

2 comments:

Daniel Branch said...

cracking photos!

Mike Stead said...

great to see the Goosanders nesting again, Mike. They seem to be getting really established now.
There were two females at Anchor Pit Lock a week ago.