Its worth a visit
High Water Levels concentrates most Ducks on Sewage Works
22/10/2013 20:15With the River Calder higher than normal most of its inhabitants took to the Sewage Works today.
88 Teal 36 Mallard,10 Shoveller,3 Wigeon where the duck contribution on the works.No mud meant there was no Snipe present today nor was there any sign of the long staying Green Sandpiper.The long staying female Tufted Duck female was on the central lagoons and also there was 5 Meadow Pipits and 6 Reed Buntings on the works but very few other small birds.
A Common Buzzard was over Kerries Food factory at 14:00 and on the feeders at Kerries 12 Goldfinch,4 Chaffinch,2 Reed Buntings,4 Great Tits 5 Blue Tits and 2 Robins
There was 42 Redwings feeding on Hawthorn Bushes on Kerries Reserve.
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