weekend

15th october 

small flock of whooper swans calling around 10pm seemed to be heading east 

19th october 

just about to head out to cock hill to look for the comet when i noticed a large pale bird heading up the valley , it dissapeared behind the chimmneys giving me time to get the bins, bit shocked to see a great egret heading past the water works 

20th october 

3 bramblings at daisy bank made my 100th bird this year for mytholmroyd 

cormorant

brearley

september

 lots of walking around erringden moor which i like due to its somewhat varied habitat 

resulted in 

3 whinchats

3 little owls 

1 blackcap

1 lesser whitethroat 

a nice flock of lapwings and golden plover 

a trip to scarbourgh 21st-22nd was pants with only a arctic skua and sooty shearwater seen at cloughton 

28th september 

morning in hebden coffee and charity shops, then around midday i headed off up erringden  birding was bitty with 30+ pink footed geese heading nw 3 little owls 5 stonechats 4 raven after 6 miles my feet were killing and headed over stubbs field as i walked over paddy bridge a calling bird stopped me dead a yellow browed warbler!!! 

it was with a tit flock feeding in the sycamores along paddy bridge road, still present on sunday but moved to the corner of stubbs field great bird