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, August 7, 2011

Sunday morning washout

Raggalds Flood this morning

No YL gull at Ogden

Heading for Mixenden

Most Black Headeds now lost summer plumage.

0730- 0930 hrs Strong SW 5-6 Heavy rain throughout, low cloud on the moor.

A disappointing morning with Fly Flatts covered in low cloud and horizontal drizzle whilst heavy frequent showers followed me around Ogden. Raggalds flood had a good collection of gulls first thing but no sign of the Yellow Legged at any of the sites.

Raggalds Flood
57 Common gull
123 BH gull
1 LBB gull

Fly Flatts
4 LBB gull
5 BH gull
+ usual sp.

Ogden
7 LBB gull
56 BH gull
29 Common gull
Beware of pale mantled LBB present this a.m. which is not a Y.L.
+ usual sp
BS
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1 comments:

NigelK said...

Lets hope it dries up if you manage to get an evening session in.