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).
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Two hour field tour, Shelf Moor
Goldies and Lapwings, very distant shots
1 of several Long Tailed Tits
The Burned Road Pied Blackbird, possible different bird.
A tour round this p.m. of the fields around Shelf Moor brought a good variety of birds though the Lapwings and Golden Plovers were keeping to fields out of photographic range.
Shelf Moor
300+ Lapwing
30+ Golden Plover
60+ Fieldfare
20+ Redwing
Burned Road
15 Long Tailed Tit
2 Pied Wagtails
8 Greenfinch
6 Redwing
2 Woodpigeon
1 Herring gull >W
1 Pied Blackbird.
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