shibden valley

bare head tunnel

step into the light

a snap descion this morning to go up shibden valley,walked about 10 miles the highlight was finally finding bare head tunnel

the birding was good too

swallow 1 pair set up at the large farm house along blake hill end

willow warbler 1 singing at upper lane

chiffchaff about 16 in various locations

lapwing 1 pair on swalesmoor

sparrowhawk 1 female over ploughcroft,1 over upper shibden hall,1 male by water scout and another female in siddal

green woodpecker at least 3 yaffling in the valley

great spotted woodpecker 1 pair at water scout

coal tit 3 disputing territory at the junction of kell lane and brow hill

mallard 1 pair at the old peoples home in horley green which was odd as the nearest water is shibden park

siddal to wheatley valley and back

a day off today

upto 21 chiffchaffs heard singing in various places on the walk,also the first willow warbler of the year singing in the old tip at shroggs along with a great spotted woodpecker.

a kingfisher on the hebble at wheatley was a nice find.

geraldine is a perfoming monkey!!!

my mate geraldine texted me last night......

g 'still on for a walk tommorrow?'

me 'yep'

g 'where you thinking?'

me 'snake hill wood,meet at aldi's carpark at 1'

g 'sounds scary and i have had better meeting places'

so off we went into snake hill wood along the very ill named angel road ,we had a look for Birks Hall near brackenbed road but no luck.

a burnt out fiat punto made for some great photos.across the old shroggs tip and on to the new council tip.

had a good look around the outside of old lane mill,made more interesting by me saying 'watch out for needles' which geraldine replied 'thats not something you hear everyday'

into town we went and headed for the gibbet

us Halifax people are very proud of our gibbet and Halifax was the last place in england to chop off peoples heads!!

off to the gibbet you go

ready

ta da survived!

ooo a monitor

its amazing

im on telly

happy in car

not sure i like it

yes! ill take it!

around the town center

well the easter holidays are drawing to a close ,so i had a walk around the center of halifax town!!!

very quiet on the bird front only the following of note

coal tit nest building at pheobe lane mills

grey wagtail 1 over shaw lodge mill

goldfinch 2 along union street south

chiffchaff 1 singing by the paris gates

redwing 1 by north bridge above dean clough

druggies paradise

snake hill wood the return!

well i returned to snake hill wood after febuarys tramatic visit!!

very little apart from a jay and 3 chiffchaff.

a female sparrowhawk went over nestles factory

guillemots and razorbills

not taken at the 'with' but bempton

a few hours this afternoon but it was far too windy for any decent photos :0(

guillemot

razorbill

incoming

razorbill

razorbill

love the yellow

wheatears at the 'with'

2 wheatears this evening,very little else of note