To day was good and bad...
Took the long road and made my way to the waters edge,yet again the birds were on the other side to meThere was a large group of Tuffed ducks to day,watched the Geese on the other side for a bit and managed to see the Bar-headed Goose,decided to walk round the edge as it was to hot to sit,saw a Treecreeper and The Shelducks out on the water they have two young.Walked on and saw a young Great Spotted Woodpecker a new one for the list,my camera was having...

Had the day off so was up at Eccup for 8.30 before it got to hot,didn't go to the lake to day but took the walk on the other side which takes you through open farm land past were they film Emmerdale,past wild medows and back pass woods and small coppice woods...
Plenty of Swifts and Swallows,Yellowhammers,and Skylarks singing their heads off..Met up with a lady who was doing the same walk,she said she comes most days and yesterday the farmer was cutting his crop,above the field there was...

Had a few hours this morning so went to Eccup,the weather was not great and in the end I did get rained off.
Managed to find a spot were you can get down to the waters edge
The Geese numbers seem to be back up,after the cule last year, with pleanty of Cannada Geese,Graylag and White Geese.There was four Herons lining the bank and I saw one Comorant (they are always at the other side of the lake no matter which side I go to)There was up to six Great crested Grebe that...

Managed to get back to Eccup to day the first time this year.
They have been cutting trees down round the edge of the lake so you can see right through to the water.They have also mended the fence around the edge so you can't get to the water which was a shame but to be fair it dose belong to the Water board and the water edge was not realy open to the public
So took the long walk right round,could not see much on the lake and after speeking to a walker she said the R.S.P.A...

6.11.09
Well the bird from yesterday turned out to be a Goldeneye,a first for me.
This morning at Eccup it was cold,made my way along the little road which has hedgerows on each side. On the other side of them is open farm land some with winter feed growing in them.Good sightings of the Pheasants stood on top of the bails of hay. Yellowhammers,Tree Sparrows and Long- Tailed Tits flying about. One field has a good flock of Lapwings in so i all ways check it out. To day i was rewarded...