Roadworks report for #Castleford, Fri 2 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Park Road, Pontefract Road, Brookfield Avenue, Ladybalk Lane, Spink Lane, South View
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ferrybridge Road, Leeds Road, Station Road, Wheldon Road, Sandgate Drive
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CLOSED: Park Road, Pontefract Road, Brookfield Avenue, Ladybalk Lane, Spink Lane, South View
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ferrybridge Road, Leeds Road, Station Road, Wheldon Road, Sandgate Drive
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October 2, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Roadworks report for #Castleford, Fri 2 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Park Road, Pontefract Road, Brookfield Avenue, Ladybalk Lane, Spink Lane, South View
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ferrybridge Road, Leeds Road, Station Road, Wheldon Road, Sandgate Drive
+31 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/castleford/
CLOSED: Park Road, Pontefract Road, Brookfield Avenue, Ladybalk Lane, Spink Lane, South View
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ferrybridge Road, Leeds Road, Station Road, Wheldon Road, Sandgate Drive
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A few shots of Bartailed Godwits from the 6 that dropped in at Ferrybridge on Tuesday morning.
October 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A few shots of Bartailed Godwits from the 6 that dropped in at Ferrybridge on Tuesday morning.
50 minutes with a Spotted Crake at Lodmoor 🌞 Postbox Pool from 1130hr 🪶 #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧
Also, 3 Osprey sightings (fishing), Peregrine, Buzzard, Kestrel. 3 Great White Egret, 3 Snipe, 2 LtGrebe. 4 Shoveler, several Gadwall & Teal, Coot.
Ferrybridge had 6 Barwit, Curlew, Sanderling, 3 Oyc, 5 Turnstone.
Also, 3 Osprey sightings (fishing), Peregrine, Buzzard, Kestrel. 3 Great White Egret, 3 Snipe, 2 LtGrebe. 4 Shoveler, several Gadwall & Teal, Coot.
Ferrybridge had 6 Barwit, Curlew, Sanderling, 3 Oyc, 5 Turnstone.
October 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
50 minutes with a Spotted Crake at Lodmoor 🌞 Postbox Pool from 1130hr 🪶 #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧
Also, 3 Osprey sightings (fishing), Peregrine, Buzzard, Kestrel. 3 Great White Egret, 3 Snipe, 2 LtGrebe. 4 Shoveler, several Gadwall & Teal, Coot.
Ferrybridge had 6 Barwit, Curlew, Sanderling, 3 Oyc, 5 Turnstone.
Also, 3 Osprey sightings (fishing), Peregrine, Buzzard, Kestrel. 3 Great White Egret, 3 Snipe, 2 LtGrebe. 4 Shoveler, several Gadwall & Teal, Coot.
Ferrybridge had 6 Barwit, Curlew, Sanderling, 3 Oyc, 5 Turnstone.
Roadworks report for #Castleford, Thu 1 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Park Road, Pontefract Road, Sandgate Drive, Brookfield Avenue, Ladybalk Lane, Spink Lane, South View
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ferrybridge Road, Leeds Road, Station Road, Wheldon Road
+30 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/castleford/
CLOSED: Park Road, Pontefract Road, Sandgate Drive, Brookfield Avenue, Ladybalk Lane, Spink Lane, South View
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ferrybridge Road, Leeds Road, Station Road, Wheldon Road
+30 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/castleford/
October 1, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Roadworks report for #Castleford, Thu 1 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Park Road, Pontefract Road, Sandgate Drive, Brookfield Avenue, Ladybalk Lane, Spink Lane, South View
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ferrybridge Road, Leeds Road, Station Road, Wheldon Road
+30 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/castleford/
CLOSED: Park Road, Pontefract Road, Sandgate Drive, Brookfield Avenue, Ladybalk Lane, Spink Lane, South View
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ferrybridge Road, Leeds Road, Station Road, Wheldon Road
+30 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/castleford/
Very cloudy dull morning at Ferrybridge Sunday morning, livened up when 4 Bartailed Godwits dropped in.
September 29, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Very cloudy dull morning at Ferrybridge Sunday morning, livened up when 4 Bartailed Godwits dropped in.
Up close with a Turnstone at Ferrybridge a couple of days ago.
September 29, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Up close with a Turnstone at Ferrybridge a couple of days ago.
Wheatear migration well under way, they have been passing though Ferrybridge for a few weeks now. Using the car as a hide really pays off when they pose so well on the car park rocks.
September 28, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Wheatear migration well under way, they have been passing though Ferrybridge for a few weeks now. Using the car as a hide really pays off when they pose so well on the car park rocks.
By that route, I reckon where the historical border is around Doncaster. Doncaster's the border castle, and the Don itself divides Northumbria from Mercia. Ferrybridge is on the Aire, which is one river too far North! Particularly aware of this because I live in Sheffield—also a border town.
September 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
By that route, I reckon where the historical border is around Doncaster. Doncaster's the border castle, and the Don itself divides Northumbria from Mercia. Ferrybridge is on the Aire, which is one river too far North! Particularly aware of this because I live in Sheffield—also a border town.
Turnstone at Ferrybridge sorting out its flight gear two days ago.
September 27, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Turnstone at Ferrybridge sorting out its flight gear two days ago.
Despite me living in London for the last 35 years, this was a sad day. I grew up in Selby, so Eggborough, Ferrybridge and Drax meant home.
Footage captures power plant towers demolition
The 300ft (90m) high structures in Eggborough were demolished as part of a plan to redevelop the site.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Despite me living in London for the last 35 years, this was a sad day. I grew up in Selby, so Eggborough, Ferrybridge and Drax meant home.
A couple of slightly different shots of a Wheatear yesterday morning at Ferrybridge.
September 26, 2026 at 6:26 PM
A couple of slightly different shots of a Wheatear yesterday morning at Ferrybridge.
I’ll always remember my young daughter in the car, seeing the clouds of steam rising out of the Ferrybridge cooling towers and asking us
“Is that a Cloud factory?”
“Is that a Cloud factory?”
September 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I’ll always remember my young daughter in the car, seeing the clouds of steam rising out of the Ferrybridge cooling towers and asking us
“Is that a Cloud factory?”
“Is that a Cloud factory?”
Ferrybridge power station was always the signal to come off the M62 when visiting my grandparents when I was a kid.
Always very exciting coz we were about to get spoiled rotten.
Always very exciting coz we were about to get spoiled rotten.
September 26, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Ferrybridge power station was always the signal to come off the M62 when visiting my grandparents when I was a kid.
Always very exciting coz we were about to get spoiled rotten.
Always very exciting coz we were about to get spoiled rotten.
Returning home after a short holiday.
I don't half miss the majestic sight of Ferrybridge Power Station going at full pelt while we journey north on the A1.
Where the North starts, IMHO.
I don't half miss the majestic sight of Ferrybridge Power Station going at full pelt while we journey north on the A1.
Where the North starts, IMHO.
September 26, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Returning home after a short holiday.
I don't half miss the majestic sight of Ferrybridge Power Station going at full pelt while we journey north on the A1.
Where the North starts, IMHO.
I don't half miss the majestic sight of Ferrybridge Power Station going at full pelt while we journey north on the A1.
Where the North starts, IMHO.
Radipole RSPB: Garganey juv, GWE 2, Bearded Reedling 4, Lodmoor RSPB: Spoonbill, Greenshank, Ringed Plover 3, Com Sand, Green Sand, Ferrybridge: Knot 2, Sanderling 2, Turnstone 2 in Dunlin and Ringed Plover flocks @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social
September 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Radipole RSPB: Garganey juv, GWE 2, Bearded Reedling 4, Lodmoor RSPB: Spoonbill, Greenshank, Ringed Plover 3, Com Sand, Green Sand, Ferrybridge: Knot 2, Sanderling 2, Turnstone 2 in Dunlin and Ringed Plover flocks @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social
wonder what percentage were leaving, good numbers on portland and through ferrybridge today all heading S
September 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
wonder what percentage were leaving, good numbers on portland and through ferrybridge today all heading S
nice mix of waders at ferrybridge this morning. 2x knot and 2+ winter plumaged sanderling of note. the 2x pale bellied brent geese were still at hamm beach.
September 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM
nice mix of waders at ferrybridge this morning. 2x knot and 2+ winter plumaged sanderling of note. the 2x pale bellied brent geese were still at hamm beach.
Postbox Pool, Lodmoor 🪶 #DorsetBirds Curlew Sandpiper spooked by Marsh Harrier, 2 Snipe, 17 Blackwit, 25+ Lapwing, GreenSandpiper, GWE, Gadwall & Teal, LtEgret, GreyHeron.
West Scrape, 4+ alba Wagtail, Wheatear.
Ferrybridge, lots Swallow, R Plover, Dunlin, Linnet. GreyPlover, Sanderling, 5 Turnstone
West Scrape, 4+ alba Wagtail, Wheatear.
Ferrybridge, lots Swallow, R Plover, Dunlin, Linnet. GreyPlover, Sanderling, 5 Turnstone
September 24, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Postbox Pool, Lodmoor 🪶 #DorsetBirds Curlew Sandpiper spooked by Marsh Harrier, 2 Snipe, 17 Blackwit, 25+ Lapwing, GreenSandpiper, GWE, Gadwall & Teal, LtEgret, GreyHeron.
West Scrape, 4+ alba Wagtail, Wheatear.
Ferrybridge, lots Swallow, R Plover, Dunlin, Linnet. GreyPlover, Sanderling, 5 Turnstone
West Scrape, 4+ alba Wagtail, Wheatear.
Ferrybridge, lots Swallow, R Plover, Dunlin, Linnet. GreyPlover, Sanderling, 5 Turnstone
Portland this afternoon. Hamm Beach: 2 very handsome Brent geese & 2 of several Turnstones. And some of the gang at Ferrybridge: only spotted 1 Sanderling among the many Ringed plovers, & the single Knot with Ringed plover, Oystercatcher & Dunlin. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social #UKBirding
September 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Portland this afternoon. Hamm Beach: 2 very handsome Brent geese & 2 of several Turnstones. And some of the gang at Ferrybridge: only spotted 1 Sanderling among the many Ringed plovers, & the single Knot with Ringed plover, Oystercatcher & Dunlin. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social #UKBirding
Two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers just flown in on rising tide at Ferrybridge. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @port321.bsky.social @stuartreeves.bsky.social
September 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers just flown in on rising tide at Ferrybridge. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @port321.bsky.social @stuartreeves.bsky.social
Wheatear passing through Ferrybridge on migration to Africa. This time looking statuesque on the ground for a change.
September 23, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Wheatear passing through Ferrybridge on migration to Africa. This time looking statuesque on the ground for a change.
Radipole this afternoon - heard Beardies but not seen & otherwise fairly dead. Ferrybridge & Portland on tomorrow's agenda. :-)
September 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Radipole this afternoon - heard Beardies but not seen & otherwise fairly dead. Ferrybridge & Portland on tomorrow's agenda. :-)
Wheatear passing through on migration to Africa, sitting up nicely on the rocks in Ferrybridge car park 2 days ago.
September 21, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Wheatear passing through on migration to Africa, sitting up nicely on the rocks in Ferrybridge car park 2 days ago.
Diesel was 217p a litre at ferrybridge services. Week before it was 210. It's ridiculous.
September 21, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Diesel was 217p a litre at ferrybridge services. Week before it was 210. It's ridiculous.