Good move of Swifts
Fly Flatts 0730-1030hrs Bright with cool N>3
The moors are much quieter now with most of the Curlews gone and no sign of Wheatear. Golden Plovers have bred well along with Common Sandpipers and Meadow Pipits are still food carrying. A good move of Swifts this morning carrying on from DCBs sightings yesterday although the early movement I was getting from the calder valley were not being seen at Oxenhope until mid morning when they started coming through on a broader front. By 1015hrs the movement at my side of the hill had almost dried up.
Sadly again no sign of Twite, this has got to be the worst spring / summer Ive had for Twite. A few years back I was clocking up 70 + on a regular basis as was DCB over the hill.
1 Whinchat
9 Golden Plover inc young
7 LBBs >N
8 Common Sandpiper
2 Redshank
1 Oystercatcher
135 Canadas inc young
258 Swift >N
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Mixenden Reservoir
3 LBB gulls
5 BH gulls
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