local birding in halifax and just a bit of randomness thrown in for good measure
despite the misty weather in the calder valley redcar tarn was surprisingly sunny but bitterly cold and 90% of the tarn frozen over, so only managed a hour
freezing in the valley
friday was beer and pizza from hammads in mytholmroyd which i looked at my pizza and had a flashback to the caspian in huddersfield 1991 which was the first takeaway pizza i had top food
saturday was southport a bit of birding and shopping
birding won with loads of pinkfoots little egrets skylarks and grey plover
jacksons fish and chips were good which ate over looking marine lake
just herring gulls
sunday st aidens.............cold and frozen over
arctic skua still showing well on the bulge got great views as it flew overhead
great egret over the main lake
3 curlew
1 dunlin
so we headed to wales having decided to stay at the lighthouse inn carpark at talacre
talacre is if honest is a tacky place but the beach is great with the old lighthouse but a winter visit suited us better a lot quieter than when we use to use it at a place to walk jessie on the drive to colettes parents in dolgarog
on the old coast road from queensferry to talacre is crammed with lots to see and visit
flint castle
id bought colette a pair of binoculars as she always wants to borrow mine
simmons 8x42 master series
flint castle birds
little egret 1
peregrine 1
black tailed godwit 18
talacre
a nice chiffchaff in the bushes by the beach
merlin flew over the saltmarsh putting up all the linnets, meadow pipits
lots of little egrets
pink footed geese 21
brent goose 12
pintails nc
greenshank 1
