Visits to Leeds

Sept 22nd: Appointment at SJUH at 13:00 normally go in car with YAS but this time it was ambulance patient transport so good view out.  Had one Kestrel on M62 & one on M18 and on way there near Beltoft spotted three Buzzard in air together (will put on Bird Sightings section). 

Restarted going to Leeds again as Covid seems to be on the wain. I no longer drive there, since coming out of hospital I have had to abstain from driving for a while so went with Y.A.S. on way there saw nowt, and began to think same was going to happen going home, but was wrong. A few miles from Garforth on the A63 there is a large refuse pit that is being covered with muck, spotted three Red Kite, they made my year !!

Regards

John

Jan 15th: 09:00 Red Kite along with two gulls low over the Leeds ring road roundabout/A64 seen them there lots of times.

Jan 30th: Buzzard at side of M18/M180 roundabout. At A64 Red Bus Cafe had two Robin and a Dunnock. M62 a Kestrel. At the M62/M18 junction had a Cormorant over. Side of M180 near Beltoft there was a small wood with c500 corvid roosting. Enjoyed sightings from a boring drive.

Regards

John

Sept 14th: On way to SJUH spotted about c24 Mallard size ducks flying over the M180 near junction with M18. On the western side of M18 saw a Kestrel hovering. Had a Buzzard on M62. On way home had two Kestrel hovering about hundred yards apart on the M62.

Cheers

John

Went to LGI on monday but this time went much earlier, as I was coming off A1 onto the A64 spotted a Red Kite which made my day. On way home called at Lindyke car park at Fairburn and had lunch, other a few a dragons nowt, much of the scrapes that I could see from car were dried up.
Cheers
John

Wont forget July 11th in an hurry all for the wrong reasons

On the way there spotted two geese fly over the A! near Ferrybridge, then on the A64 had an hovering Kestrel.

Normally getting to the LGI is easy and traffic light-ish but certainly wasn't this time, it was clogged with traffic, finally got there only to find no where to park, then when I did I had a driver honking the horn accusing me of pushing in, I told them I'd been there 30 minutes, thankfully I was believed and parked up. On arriving at clinic thought it was little to quiet, only to find out the person I'd gone to see was away someone came after I rang up and apologised, which I accepted but not before saying my peace in a nice way. Thankfully got my expenses and was told the C.O.M. would ring later which he did, he couldn't apologise enough and said he would get to the bottom of why I was not told by letter etc that I wasn't to go. He will organise my next appointment ASAP.

On way home decided to call at Fairburn Ings saw it was heaving so went to car park further down road and had lunch which I shared with a pair of Magpie and three juvs, one Black-head Gull and two Crow, quite a party we had I obviously didn't share my flask of tea lol. Quite a few dragons flew by and butterflies am not sure either would have liked the corned beef, cheese and marrow chutney brioche rolls though After leaving joined the old A! and then missed my turn off for the M62, so carried on the A1 and which was chocka, so came off asap and went a way I hadn't been before, luckily had the sat-nav, came via Snaith, when I stopped a chap and said will this road take me to Scunthorpe by a round about way, he laughed and so did I, he said yes but why have yo come this way from Leeds...

Blimey hope for a better trip next time, no wonder I've been stressed out all day (Thursday).

Kind regards

John