Local Patch & Beyond 2023

Thanks Yaddlethorpe it is with an addendum

Hi Chris, 

In past I called it West Common North Road but last year the council changed name to Northmoor Road, but to me that's wrong. So decided to call it after the small wood where the Bridleway skirts, it's behind Yaddlethorpe Water Treatment Works  and OS Ref is SE8705. Hope this helps.

Cheers
Max

Hi Max
Can you tell me where Tripplinghows Bridleway actually is - village town etc
chris

Started out fine and sunny then ended cold & heavy showers.

Nebraska Wetlands:

Kestrel - 2
Buzzard - 1
Coot - 2
Shelduck - 4
Tufted Duck - 10
Mallard - 4
Common Gull - 33
Black-head Gull - 14
Greylag Geese - 31
Mute Swan - 2
Canada Geese - 4
Oystercatcher - 2
Gadwall - 25
Teal - 9
Shoveler - 17
Wigeon - 1
Pink-foot Geese - 22
Curlew - 1
Blackbird - 6
Had interesting chat with the farmer I got to know , he showed me pics of freshwater mussels he found last year when the river and stream dried out last year and said the Oystercatchers must have opened them etc. He told me a pair of Greylag had nested in field close to his sheep and he found an egg.

Cleatham

Buzzard - 2
Lapwing - 2 mobbing a Crow.

Tuetoes:

Little Owl - 1

Black Bank:

Male Sparrowhawk
Kestrel - 2
Cormorant - 2
Pied Wag - 1
Chaffinch - 12
Redwing - 8
Mixed flock of Goldfinch/Chaffinch - c100
Blackbird - 1
Greylag - 2
LT Tit - 4
Great Tit - 9
Blue Tit - 6
Coal Tit - 1
Moorhen - 2
Reed Bunting - 5
Robin - 1
Squirrel wrecked a feeder!
Mute Swans (no count due to traffic) 
GSW - 1

A most enjoyable but tiring day for an OAP

Regards

John

Tripplinghows Bridleway: 14.00 - 15.00 Cloudy & Cold.

Robin
Whooper Swan - 24
Rook - 11  (rookery out of sight, many years ago on BBS counted 117 nests)
Crow - 12
Blue Tit - 3
Buzzard
Blackbird - 2
Reed Bunting - 1 pair
Linnet
Chaffinch - 2
Wood Pigeon - 9

Black Bank:  15.05 - 16.25

Whooper Swan - 19  (different to those above)
Mute Swan - 24
Buzzard - 2
Starling c200
Goldfinch - 25
Black-head Gull 
Common Gull - c80
Spent rest of time chatting with two new birders.

John aka Max

A couple of pics from today