Scraggy juv Wheatear
Didnt mind the rain
Flight feathers always develop first.
Worst Twite photo ever
In to land.
Fly Flatts 0730-1000 hrs
A deteriorating morning starting with showers of drizzle and rain brought across the moor on a W>4.
By 0930hrs the rain became torrential and visibility down to a few yards by the time I got back to the car where I had to wring the dogs out.
Despite that it was well worth it for the Wheatear pics with 3 juvs showing and a distant adult in autumn plumage.
Swifts were still moving >S in small numbers and 4 Twite were briefly on the seed but very flighty disappearing across the moor.
A single Redshank headed >W very high and calling but no sign of gull movement.
4 Wheatear ......1ad....3 juv
4 Twite
1 Kestrel
1 Snipe
1 Redshank........................>W
19 Swift............................>S
4 Swallow........................>S
+ usual sp.
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.(2024).
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