Ogden Water

  I don’t bother twitching so much these days, but when something local catches the eye, its hard to say no. And although it's hardly a mega rarity, when two Shovelers turned up on Ogden, found by NK, I decided to make the short journey across. As if extra motivation was required for a species that would be a Calderdale tick, I had also managed to miss two already this year, both at this same site.

  Of course, seeing a duck on Ogden is not difficult, and sure enough, upon arriving at the site, the two birds were still sitting in the middle sleeping or preening. I did a full loop of the reservoir to get a better angle for photos, but they always remained quite distant, and as such I could only manage a few record shots.  

-Shoveler

Species List:
Ogden Water: Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Little Grebe, Common Wood Pigeon, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, European Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Cormorant, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Jay, Western Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Goldcrest, Eurasian Wren, Common Blackbird, European Robin, Dunnock, Grey Wagtail, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Siskin,