Vw van life

 

Black necked grebes

 

Off work lol

On Friday I somehow managed to fire a 90mm

Nail into my thumb😳 after a 6 wait at Harrogate a&e the fantastic NHS staff got it out after a lot of swearing by my the nurse gave me entonox ( very recommended 🥳) 

No pain no blood wired 

So an early finish Friday and my boss gave me Monday off

Saturday morning was spent at swillington 

Reed buntings are very showy 

Hate greylags but hey 

The old canal lock

Sunday was chilled 

Monday off to swillington 

At lemonroyd lake I heard the sound of bearded tits!yep a pair darting a found the reeds showing really well but the camera just couldn’t focus

After a good few minutes one flew past me landing in a tree 

Best views I’ve ever had 

A water rail called plus 2 bitterns also 8 Cetti’s warblers a red kite over the hillside 

Snowy Sunday

 -7 and a big blanket of snow 

A group of 18 skylarks along the drain were very welcome and 21 twite in the tree were the best plus a dunlin all in all very quite.

The off to mytholmroyd to build a structure so the wife can sit out side sheltered! good chance to try out my new nail gun it’s a beast Milwaukee m18 great piece of kit 

Having a coffee in the garden and watching house martins buzzing around in a snow storm bizarre 

Saturday

 Got to green withens at just after 7, -5 frost all over the moor and the fog gave about 50m of visibility , back in the van and swilly it is 

Sunny and warming up 

Strong light but was good to be out 

Some very showy Cetti’s warblers at the moment 

2 bitterns booming 

 2 black necked grebe 

60+ sand martin

1 swallow

Last couple of days

 

Bempton

 I live in yorkshire and so is bempton so it’s local!!🥳

Didn’t chance the car park as the website says it’s closed? 

So parked at north landing £1.80 all day not bad 

Headed north 

Bloody windy

Usual stuff after an hour crossed Danes dyke which has always fascinated me what was it built for?? 

Reaching the southern part of bempton i was cold and tired and fed up of the wind 

But the birds put on a great display the wind helping them to wheel about the sky effortlessly stunning