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2 male Goldeneye yesterday 9 Snipe north shore

Golden Plover

Reservoir Fog Bound for 2 days now

Clearing every now and then

280 Golden Plover in West Field

8 Teal

6 Snipe

Ovger 1000 birds yesterday

12pm> 12:30 1 DEGREES, SNOW AND SLEET

Over 1000 birds at ringstone yesterday,

300+Golden Plover

180 Lapwing

300 BH Gulls

280+ Common Gull

Canada Geese 12

150 Starlings

and all the birds at feeding station.

Teal

08:30>1200

7 Teal on Reservoir

2 Wigeon

4 Mallard

109 Golden Plover

160 Lapwing

83 Common Gulls

100+ BH Gulls

6 Reed Bunting

1 Stonechat

2 Meadow Pipits

2 Mistle Thrush

8 Snipe

4 Blackbirds

12 Long Tailed Tits

3 Pied Wagtails

6 Chaffinch

4 Blue tit

19 Greenfinch

13 Goldfinch

4 Dunnock

3 Robins

1 Wren

1 Little Owl

Carrion Crows

Rooks

Jackdaw

Magpie

Knot

After having to stay in all morning for Gas Man, got back to Ringstone for 2 pm, straight away i noticed a small wader in with Gulls and Lapwing on north shore , got scope on it and got Knot straight away, everything went up and i followed it to see if it would land again but went up high ,on its own towards Scammonden.

Also 2 Wigeon

30 Golden Plover

120 Bh Gulls

40+ Lapwing

Kingfisher

Spent most of the morning searching Scammonden, Dean Head, Whiteholme, Blackstone edge, for Little Auk which was at Black MoorFoot Reservoir at 09:30 today , time i got there it had gone. Fantastic record for them, anyway back to ringstone and JB had told me he had a Kingfisher at the inflow. It had moved down the willow and i managed to get a few record shots through the bushes.

Also good numbers of Common Gulls Building over 200 on Saturday 48 today

4 Teal

54 Lapwing

Golden Plover

10:30 > 12:00 Strong West Wind and Rain

68 Golden Plover in North Field and North Shore

12 Snipe

5 Teal

40+ Black Headed Gulls

16 Common Gulls

Whoopers

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2 Whooper swans today at 11.00 oclock

also 5 Goldeneye, 4 Teal, 110 lapwing