After a day of snow showers and a decent covering up here on the tops I set off with the dogs late afternoon to see if Ogden was accessible to check the water but as I got to Keelham Farm shop the road down to the traffic lights was like a glass ski slope with cars slowly sliding down and nothing getting up.
For once I listened to the sensible voice in my head saying, forget it, so a quick turn around in the farm shop car park and homeward bound taking the dogs walking in Foxhill Park instead.
Whilst I,m typing I,ve just got a text from the daughter saying it has just taken her husband nearly 3 hours to get from Halifax to Queensbury and now they have shut Boothtown rd due to abandoned cars. You,d think someone would invent gritter wagons.
Due to no bird report tonight heres some pics to browse through of Raptors and Owls that I,ve come across on my local treks.
Long Eared Owl
Buzzard
Cream Crown Marsh Harrier
Kestrel
Peregrine
Cream Crown Marsh Harrier
Kestrel
Very distant Goshawk
Little Owl
Buzzard
Osprey
Buzzard mobbed with Carrion Crow
Tawny Owl
Kestrel
Long eared Owl
Long Eared Owl chick
Sparrowhawk
Short Eared Owl
Tawny Owl
Little Owl
Buzzard
Short Eared Owl
Tawny Owl
Red Kite
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Diving Peregrine
Sparrowhawk, Carrion Crow battle
All photos, BS
