Since I was traveling east on my way to Spurn, I decided to call in at Anglers CP in order to see the Black Tern that had been lingering there for a few days prior. Normally I wouldn’t make the effort for such a bird, but it was only a slight detour, and my efforts to find the species in Calderdale have thus far proved fruitless.
From the hide the Black Tern could be seen doing full loops of the lake, feeding along the back and throwing itself in the water to, presumably, clean itself. It would fly past the hide at close quarters on occasion, but would often go missing for extended periods as well. It was only as I was leaving that it became apparent that it had been roosting on a buoy close to the entrance. Here it showed extremely nicely and offered even better views than those I was afforded in the hide.
In terms of other birds on the site, there was the usual assortment of early September wildfowl and commoner garden birds in the bushes and on the feeder. The only bird of real note was a female Pintail that dropped in just before I was about to head off.
Anglers CP: Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Common Shelduck, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Teal, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Common Wood Pigeon, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Northern Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black Tern, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Barn Swallow, Common Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Wren, Common Starling, Common Blackbird, European Robin, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, European Goldfinch,
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