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, September 3, 2012
Whinchat Hunt
End of another day over Foxhill.
An afterwork visit to Old Guy Rd looking for Denises Whinchat this evening proved fruitless.
Different tactics tonight so as to get the sun behind me I went in from the Roper Lane end ready for that brilliant Whinchat, full frame photo ! but the bird was nowhere to be found. Only 1 Wheatear remained and very few Hirundines were moving.
I was going to go through the field of Gorse where the bird seemed to favour but there was Highland cattle in there around the footpath tonight so after seeing the size of the horns I decided to scan it from the next field(wimp).
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