a few hours at swillington

 early start workwise this morning at the vet refferals in wakefield for 730 got to beat the traffic lol

next 2 jobs were at 2 vets practices in wetherby but only after 12 

swilly beckoned its on the way 

as i walked round this amazing reserve i came to me why i cannot be bothered with calderdale birding anymore........its too much hard work for little return, it can take an hour to get to walshaw dean or 30 minutes to st aidens no brainer, still always keep my eyes open when in calderdale 

with only a few hours i walked from the rspb carpark to the eastern reedbed then down to the main lake then on the rear of western reedbed and up to the res and back to the carpark 

reed bunting 20+

cettis warbler 8

little egret 2

marsh harrier 1 imm female

bearded tit 3

ruff 3 

dunlin 8 

curlew 30+

stonechat 3 

ruff

meadow pipit

stonechat

so on to wetherby a few red kites on the way 

fitted a operating theatre light that was easy julien the yorkshire vet asked how i was and we chatted for a good 5 five minutes, and he told me im on telly next week..........eek