The Nab, Fly Flatts
Soil Hill from Hunter Hill
Queensbury from Hunter Hill
Fly Flatts. 0730-0930hrs Cold SE>5 cloudy with some sun. Damping in the wind.
A hard work morning with birds to search for in the strong wind. Birds on the ground and on the water were near non existant but some movement kept the interest going. Swallows were the bird of the morning moving up the Paul Clough valley and coming through low in the shelter of the Nab all south. A mid morning move to Hunter Hill found better conditions with the wind down to SE>3 and still Swallows coming through with a few House Martins mixed in. DCB was missing the Swallows at his side of the hill but he pipped me by getting a couple of Swift.
Movers :-
FLY FLATTS
83 Swallow..................................... >S
48 Meadow Pipit............................ >S The first south movement this autumn
2 Jay............................................ >W
4 Alba Wagtail.............................. >W
1 Grey Wagtail.............................. >W
HUNTER HILL 0930-1030hrs
1 Tree Pipit................................>SW
69 Swallow..............................>S
11 Meadow Pipit.....................>S
1 Curlew.................................>W
9 House Martin........................>S
3 Wheatear.............................on deck
Other... c45 Goldfinch flock
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