Lockdown

Well my mental health is struggling the black dog always wants to walk! I give it stroke and send it packing I want a yellow lab,wife,camper-van, freedom
A bad nights sleep meant I was up the with at 0530, even in the gloomy dawn you can still make out the wheatears
A swallow went east and pheasant on the east dam was 110 for the list very little else of note apart from 2 ravens and a male blackbird

Take care keep safe

Classic visit

Well did a hours work painting,dropped off some firewood at the wife's keeping our distance and a quick visit saw the bear aka Jessie
So straight up the with

Parked up a tatty marsh harrier went low north 2nd record brilliant, 6 wheatears in the drain plus the usual m pipits and skylarks
No sign of yesterday's greylags but 2 teal and a pair of tufted ducks!!! 2nd record 6 dunlin including some in stunning plumage 8 common sandpipers and 4 curlew
The reed buntings added some real class to the moors the males look amazingly smart now
A pair of wheatears by the pump house and a buzzard drifted west not bothered by the crows

Isolation

After 4 weeks of no visits I decided to head up green withens my reasons were
I live alone
The drive is quick on the motorway 15 minutes
The walk is long

Was it worth it? YES

I checked all the main areas

Red grouse 2
Meadow pipit
Skylark
Wren
Pied wagtail
Canada goose
Greylag 2
Mallard 7
C crow 6
Lbb gull 5 west
Wheatear 6
Stonechat 1 male
Reed bunting 3
Twite 1
Goldfinch 1
Dunlin 5
Little ringed plover 2
Curlew 6
Common sandpiper 8
Snipe 1
Golden plover 1
Oystercatcher 1

Because it's so quiet I was finally able to check the plantation at the motorway junction
Willow warbler 1
Blackbird 1
Fieldfare 1

I don't think I've ever seen a fieldfare so late
Great visit

26 march 2020

Green withens

Lapwing 2
Curlew 2
Golden plover 1
Goosander m/f
Mallard 6
Canada goose -
Reed bunting 7
Meadow pipit  -
Skylark -
Wood pigeon 2 sw
Pied wagtail 9
Carrion crow 1
Twite 1

Middle of nowhere perfect

Typical yorkshire spring morning clear skies beautiful sunrise but we all woke to a new way of life
My boss called me at 7 saying don't come in so what to do? "The with"
After pegging out the washing I set off

Really nice visit

Carrion crow 4
Meadow pipit 23
Skylark 7
Wren 2
Pied wagtail 4
Twite 2
Canada goose /
Goosander 2 m/f
Curlew 2
Golden plover 3 singing in flight so close for around 10 minutes fantastic

Didn't see another person love it

Take care everyone and be responble for yourselfs and others especially

Spring arrives

Interesting a dog walk this morning around mytholmroyd resulted in a very nice singing chiffchaff on the allotments by redacre wood 
Whilst driving through pike end near the shooting hut 2 wheatears 
Green withens had 2 ring ouzels at the rear of the depot but very little else though nice to skylark singing