its been a while.........................!

well over a month since the last update!
a new place of work means i cannot get to the 'with' after work
after visiting the parents this morning,i headed to spurn armed with freshly made sausage rolls which were all eaten whilst stuck behind the slowest fucking driver in the world!

spurn was full of fucking numpty birdwatchers not what i like but he ho! even a coach trip from huddersfield but i swerved them lot! though met up with a few decent birders mr cunnimgham and mr hewitt were as always friendly and chatty.
spent most of my time along the long bank which gets very few birders apart from the ones that know!
spent the last few hours enjoying the woodchat shrike,is it me or are birds like this more attractive in juv/1st winter plumage? loads of subtle colours and detail................i ove em!

woodchat shrike
sammys point

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.

golden ringed dragonfly
the with

bempton sunday

always a good place to go for photography

kittiwake

gannet

puffin

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.

even the signs are in
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

recent stuff not the with

holme moss
dawn

lonley girl

drift

gates

stuff from today in east yorkshire

corn bunting
north cave

banded demioselle
pocklington canal

comma
pocklington canal

poppy in the wind

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.

wheatear

added a new butterfly to the 'with' small heath