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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Surrounded with Wheatear, Fly Flatts


                                          Wheatears everywhere at last

                                                    Twite in small numbers
                                     Kestrel shopping for breakfast.

Bright blue sky and sunshine with a cold NW>4 easing slightly and becoming warmer mid morning.

A real birdy morning with plenty activity on the water and on the moor although the skies were quiet.
Wheatears were everywhere starting at Withins Gap , along the roadsides and at Fly Flatts with these birds being less nervy that the first 2 waves.
Common Sandpipers and Oystercatchers were on the tempting shoreline and Twite were on the Nyger seed.
None of the target birds met but nice to get amongst the Wheatear again.

Wheatear.................38
Twite.......................6
Common Sand.........3
Oystercatchers.........2
Greylag....................6
Canada....................42
Kestrel....................1
plus usual sp.
BS