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Our Day Out Across The Pennines …

John A, Bones, Jason, Little Chris and I ventured across to the dark side of the country today before first light. Jason got the pic of the day with the portrait of the Black-throated Thrush in the branches at Newholm, near Whitby.

My own best effort of it feeding on the ground was ruined by some intervening vegetation :

Black-throated Thrush

There’s still a fair bit of snow on t’other side of T’Pennines …

Bones and John at Horcum's Hole

We caught up with this Ring-necked Duck at Pugsey Country Park, near Wakefield ~

Ring-necked Duck

Ring-necked Duck

… and then with this Smew very nearby, on the lagoons beyond The Swan and Cygnet pub …

Smew

Jason

Jason got that shot of the Smew and this Goldeneye …

Closer to home, judging by his Flickr stream Phil Boardman went to Marton Mere to see if the American Bittern could be confirmed. It wasn’t, but he has a great shot of two Bitterns in flight, as well as Cetti’s Warbler and other stuff on his tream – here’s a Long-eared Owl to whet your appetite.

January 17, 2010 Posted by Simon Glinn | Yorkshire | Leave a Comment