while walking along the north drain i noticed a dragonfly hawking low and behold my first golden ringed dragonfly! and it would appear to the 1st one locally.
golden ringed dragonfly
the with
the with
local birding in halifax and just a bit of randomness thrown in for good measure
Thursday, 13 August 2009
golden ringed dragonfly 'the with'
well its been a while but the weather has been so fucking awful,fuck all about bird wise just a few meadow pipits,canada goose and 3 carrion crows!!
while walking along the north drain i noticed a dragonfly hawking low and behold my first golden ringed dragonfly! and it would appear to the 1st one locally.
while walking along the north drain i noticed a dragonfly hawking low and behold my first golden ringed dragonfly! and it would appear to the 1st one locally.
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Sunday, 19 July 2009
wuthering heights
set off in the pouring rain from walshaw dean towards top withens farm near haworth. a very long time since i went there.
along the way despite the rain a few red grouse were seen along with grey wagtail,curlew and a couple of oystercatchers.
birding was not my main aim today as i wanted to see the supposed location of 'wuthering heights' the novel by emily bronte.approaching from withens clough is a bit of a let down as the site does not look as bleak as the title suggests cos you can see all of bradford and leeds in the distance!
to be honest the farm is a bit of a let down as it seems quite well looked after! it still has door on and a bit of a roof!but still they come to see the site.
top withens
even the bronte society do not even recognise the farm as the location.
so where is wuthering heights?
the most likely location is high sunderland hall at horley green,halifax,though long since demolished(1950's)the description matches,and emily was working as a teacher at law hill school southowram when she wrote the novel.its a shame the hall was ripped down.
along the way despite the rain a few red grouse were seen along with grey wagtail,curlew and a couple of oystercatchers.
birding was not my main aim today as i wanted to see the supposed location of 'wuthering heights' the novel by emily bronte.approaching from withens clough is a bit of a let down as the site does not look as bleak as the title suggests cos you can see all of bradford and leeds in the distance!
to be honest the farm is a bit of a let down as it seems quite well looked after! it still has door on and a bit of a roof!but still they come to see the site.
even the signs are in
japanese!!!
japanese!!!
top withens
even the bronte society do not even recognise the farm as the location.
so where is wuthering heights?the most likely location is high sunderland hall at horley green,halifax,though long since demolished(1950's)the description matches,and emily was working as a teacher at law hill school southowram when she wrote the novel.its a shame the hall was ripped down.
high sunderland hall
Friday, 17 July 2009
Sunday, 5 July 2009
stuff from today in east yorkshire
corn bunting
north cave
north cave
banded demioselle
pocklington canal
comma
pocklington canal
poppy in the wind
Monday, 29 June 2009
juv wheatear the 'with'
well a great visit! wheatears have bred near by with one youngster seen,still little ringed plovers which have chicks.the curlews have gone quiet but 2 were seen. on the downside reed bunting and wren are non exsitant this year.
added a new butterfly to the 'with' small heath
wheatear
added a new butterfly to the 'with' small heath
Sunday, 28 June 2009
sorry all
over the last few weeks i have not been too well and in a moment of madness i deleted the whole thing,so sorry,forgive me.
went to lincolnshire today,lots of good stuff to see but not many photos either due to the heat or nothing showed very well.
started at far ings,i think its the 3rd time ive been here,a nice little reserve though better to drive the long way round rather than pay the toll over the humber bridge.
loads of year ticks here,lesser whitethroat,turtle dove were the best along with avocet,and that was it apart from seeing the 'hottest female birder in the world'(TM) she had bins round her neck but the lucky bastard had none.also a old woman in her 70's with her hand down her pants having a good scratch! which left me slighty bewildered.
then went to crowle waste for a mooch around,quite overcast here,but left happy with hobby and marsh harrier,not literally.after an hour it got quite shit so i left and went to fairburn,i refused to pay for parking! quick photo of a brown hawker and left
brown hawker
fairburn ings
went to lincolnshire today,lots of good stuff to see but not many photos either due to the heat or nothing showed very well.
started at far ings,i think its the 3rd time ive been here,a nice little reserve though better to drive the long way round rather than pay the toll over the humber bridge.
loads of year ticks here,lesser whitethroat,turtle dove were the best along with avocet,and that was it apart from seeing the 'hottest female birder in the world'(TM) she had bins round her neck but the lucky bastard had none.also a old woman in her 70's with her hand down her pants having a good scratch! which left me slighty bewildered.
'hottest female birder in the world'(TM)
a big bridge
a big bridge
then went to crowle waste for a mooch around,quite overcast here,but left happy with hobby and marsh harrier,not literally.after an hour it got quite shit so i left and went to fairburn,i refused to pay for parking! quick photo of a brown hawker and left
fairburn ings
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