Few Common in with the Black Headed
Oyks on the move
Ogden. 0730-1000hrs. Heavy rain early on turning to horizontal drizzle throughout. SW>5
Fly Flatts was fogged out with low cloud base so a quick change of venues which proved to be a good move. A good collection of gulls ,mosty black headed with several juvs in with them. 3 adult common were present and a 2nd year bird. 4 Oystercatchers were on the shoreline but very mobile later joined by another 2. When they all took off west an undetected Dunlin was in amongst them. A Common Tern came through from the south, dipped in the water once then off north towards Oxenhope, unfortunately DCB had not quite arrived at his watchpoint when I rang him. An early movement of Meadow Pipits was probably the birds reported grouping yesterday at Oxenhope.
Movers :-
6 Oystercatchers on shoreline the >W
58 Meadow Pipit >SW
1 Common Tern >N
1 Dunlin >W
Other :-
78 BH gulls inc sev juvs
4 Common gulls inc 1 2nd year bird
1 Jay
Mallards going into eclipse
+ usual sp. No Warblers.
BS