A great movement day with Queensbury hitting the headlines thanks to NKs efforts on another hot sticky day, see Queensburybirder for full report.
This evening several Alba Wagtails were moving >E over Shelf Moor and at one point the sky was full of BH and LBB gulls drifting in no particular direction, some low but some very high and nearly out of site.
A skein of 28 Canadas came low overhead which were local birds coming to roost in fields by the Shelf Moor pond but unfortunately I had a paint brush in one hand and a tub of Cuprinol in the other instead of the camera.
Later on the way home there were 42 Canadas together in the field by the pond.
BS.
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.(2025).