It is the time of year when I visit this part of Yorkshire in the hope of adding turtle dove to my year list.
Yesterday was Fathers day and the family were busy, son was running the Leeds 10k for the Heart Foundation and the daughter is moving house, so an ideal time to go birding.
However it was cooler and cloudy and when I arrived at the centre just before 5 pm there were still lots of people there so no birds at the 2 feeding stations. I walked along the path to the viewing platform where I took the above pictures. On the way back to the visitor centre i saw lots of swallows hunting insects, willow warbler, blackcap, song thrush and kestrel.
Not as many people around the visitor centre now, so I sat on a picnic bench, from where I could see both feeders. Lots of chaffinches, blue tit, great tit and coal tit. A great spotted woodpecker made a brief appearance.
They soon flew off when a jay arrived at the feeders. Eventually a dove arrived, but it was a collared dove!
Another visit is needed, perhaps on a warmer evening.
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