Very quiet this a.m. over Queensbury until the drizzle cleared just before midday which seemed to open a window for Redwings to move.
Several small flocks of 10 to 20 birds came over mainly moving >E and >SE towards brighter skies avoiding the grim looking grey skies to the west.
Most of the birds were very high with just a small percentage low down skimming the roof tops.
This evening after dark several contact calls could be heard over Foxhill, these seeming to be heading south.
Hopefully these are the forerunners ahead of the big push.
BS
I am based at Queensbury and bird around an approx 5 mile radius specializing in visible migration and upland birds.Any reports can be sent by text or call to 07771 705024 or see profile for e mail address. Feel free to post comments on this blog. All images on this blog are copyright.(2012).
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- Local birding at 1150 feet above sea level in the snow, fog and gales, and thats just in summer.
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THE CAUSEWAY FOOT COL.
Running north to south between Thornton Moor reservoir and Mixenden Reservoir. The col is flanked by Soil Hill on the east and Ovenden Moor on the West with Ogden Reservoir in the centre.
Visible Migration
Soil Hill Watchpoint looking >W. Highest watchpoint in West Yorks.
The Beauty of Visible Migration
Pink Footed Geese on the move
An Amazing Sight
Pink Footed Geese over Ogden
Winter Visitor to Soil Hill
Snow Bunting
A Queensbury winter bird
Common Gull
One of the better sightings
Buzzards over Queensbury
The Star of Visible Migration
Meadow Pipit
A Persecuted Upland Game Bird
Red Grouse
An Upland Breeder
Oystercatcher
DUNLIN
A moorland breeder
Goldeneye
A winter visitor to the area.
House Sparrow, male
Popular above 1100ft
Little Owl
A Good Farmland Bird
Curlew
The sound of the uplands
Little Ringed Plover
A Protected Species
A passage migrant
Ringed Plover
Wigeon on the move
Cold Edge Dams
A December male Wigeon
Ogden
Winter Visitors
Whoopers at Fly Flatts
A classic upland bird
Twite
A hardy upland bird
Stonechat
An upland favourite
Wheatear
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- Cold Edge Dams
- Soil Hill
- Shelf Moor
- Common garden stuff
- Quiet Times, Queensbury.
- Soil Hill dash.
- More pics from yesterday and Soil Hill Visit.
- Swifts and Dunlin, Soil Hill.
- Fly Flatts
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- Passage birds
- Queensbury Today
- Queensbury old station.
- Hailstorms and sunshine
- Sunshine, Showers and Swifts
- Here we go again
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- Causeway Foot col
- Swifts on the move
- Troubled Skies and singing Dunnocks.
- Yeadon Tarns Bar Headed Goose.
- Nice morning, shame about the afternoon.
- Queensbury Today
- Evening Trek ( 2hrs ) Ogden Clough
- Fly Flatts mega morn.
- Soil Hill / Ogden
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- Ogden pm
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- A new web site for Queensbury
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Ollie, Rooney and Buddy
4 comments:
Perhaps they were going round in circles Bri! The Pepper Hill birds were coming from your direction then through Beacon Hill/Claremount gap etc and looked to be heading west. Some headed back when a Spawk had a go at a flock.
I had a brief (and damp) visit to Ogden this afternoon and had a look through those Chaffinches too-nothing doing. I did meet Nigel's neighbour Mr Pinder, though.
Dave Pinder called in the garage asking where to find the Crossbills, dont know if he was lucky or not, they seem very mobile.
He said not. was wondering about going onto Mixenden
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