local birding in halifax and just a bit of randomness thrown in for good measure
so thursday 13th june im outside the house enjoying my black coffee and ciggie when i look up and see a little egret flying quite low overhead heading west towards hebden bridge, it was quite a surreal moment but a great sighting for me and the garden list only my third ever in calderdale semi-retirment from joinery is good
bit of a slog this weekend for birds
i was struggling to see anything other than breeding birds namely house martins sand martins over the house plus lots of swifts and swallows,grey wagtails are doing well with at least 6 pairs seen on various walks
a raven over on saturday evening was the first for a few weeks and 2 buzzards soaring high over the valley when around 11am a slimmer thinner winged raptor appeared quite high being mobbed by crows bins grabbed and i was looking at a female type marsh harrier coming down cragg valley it then started circling reaching the river getting higher and higher before heading east down the river excellent bird
