The Breeding Season

As from now until the end of the breeding season birds of a sensitive nature will be omitted from this blog due to a small percentage of undesirables who take their pleasure from egg collecting, nest destroying and the killing and trapping of birds.
Reports of non breeding birds moving through the area will still be published. BS
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Surrounded with Wheatear, Fly Flatts


                                          Wheatears everywhere at last

                                                    Twite in small numbers
                                     Kestrel shopping for breakfast.

Bright blue sky and sunshine with a cold NW>4 easing slightly and becoming warmer mid morning.

A real birdy morning with plenty activity on the water and on the moor although the skies were quiet.
Wheatears were everywhere starting at Withins Gap , along the roadsides and at Fly Flatts with these birds being less nervy that the first 2 waves.
Common Sandpipers and Oystercatchers were on the tempting shoreline and Twite were on the Nyger seed.
None of the target birds met but nice to get amongst the Wheatear again.

Wheatear.................38
Twite.......................6
Common Sand.........3
Oystercatchers.........2
Greylag....................6
Canada....................42
Kestrel....................1
plus usual sp.
BS

2 comments:

Dannysbirds said...

Great picture of the Kestrel Brian,
looks like you had a better morning than what I had Saturday at Fly Fatts.
Danny.

DJSutcliffe said...

A very good count with the Wheatears Bri. Must get up there this next week for Common Sand's etc.