WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING: Soil Hill Skywatch

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING. BRIAN SUMNER. I am based at Queensbury and bird a patch within a 10 mile range of home incorporating 16 stretches of water, several plantations, a belt of woodland, stretches of river and canal and good areas of moorland. I specialize in upland birds, reservoir and sky watching. My local patch is Fly Flatts reservoir. Any reports can be sent by text or call to 07771 705024 or see profile for e mail address. All images on this blog are copyright.(2024).

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING

BRIAN SUMNER.

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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Soil Hill Skywatch

Clouds with ice droplets, Fly Flatts

Soil Hill pm. 1400-1500hrs N>4 Sunshine then clouded over.
1 hour skywatching saw LBB gulls moving through, several stopping off at TMR before moving on again.
Swifts still trickled through in well spaced out waves but low numbers.

49 LBB gulls   >N
29 Swifts     >N
7 Swallows   >NW
130 Starling   >W mostly young birds dispersing
1 Peregrine >S very high and direct
4 Skylark   locals
Sev Linnet, locals
1 Kestrel, resident.
2 Common Gull >NE
BS