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, July 3, 2011

Fly Flatts

Plenty Mipits still carrying food

A mottled sky

Only 4 LBBs this morning

A good year for Common Sandpipers

Fly Flatts 0630-0930hrs Hot and Sunny. yuk !

A good morning if you were on the beach at Scarborough but no good for Fly Flatts. Even at 0630hrs when I arrived the sun was blinding hot but at least I bet the public and wind surfers.
Did a thorough check of the area but the Greenshank had moved overnight taking advantage of the clear sky.
A Ringed Plover looked new in and it was good to see 2 seperate Wheatear each with one juv.
Ten minutes after Id left DCB gave me a call to alert me on a Common Tern coming over the nab towards Fly, thanks for that Dave, typical that Id just gone, moaning how quiet the skies were.

6 Dunlin
5 Common Sandpipers
7 Redshank
4 LBBs
1 adult Ringed Plover
2 Wheatear + 1 juv each
2 Twite
1 Raven >N
293 Canadas + some still on the moor
BS
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2 comments:

DJSutcliffe said...

Not one for having a lay in then! Shame the G shanks had moved on but with clear skies that's what happens. The Ringed Plover not the juv from last night then?

We will never know what we miss - it's a pity but perhaps as well.

Brian Sumner said...

This was a full adult RP near the boathouse and very fidgity as if it was fresh in.
Plenty time for Greenshank and Green Sand this month and next, usually they hang around awhile late July.