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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Leeshaw Reservoir

                                         Still Golden Plovers in the fields
                                         1 of 2 Little Owl
                                           Male Wheatear  11 Present

                                            2 Oystercatchers
                                                female Pied Wagtail
                                            The 2nd little Owl
                                    Plenty Meadow Pipits around

                                                 male Pied Wagtail
                                                         Goldie

Arrived at an unworkable Fly Flatts at 0645hrs in a howling near gale force WNW>7 so it was back in the car and down the valley to Leeshaw reservoir where the wind was still strong WNW>5 with showers of drizzle and grey skies with odd patches of sunshine.
Good numbers of Wheatear around and surprised to see Goldies still in the fields. Swallows were piling through low over the water battling into the wind >N

Leeshaw
14 Golden Plover
17 Wheatear
2 Redshank
2 Oystercatchers
1 Cormorant
2 Little Owl
1pr Pied Wagtail
+ usual Curlew, Lapwing, Canadas, Greylags etc
c150 Swallows >N

Raggalds Flood
2 Redshank
1 Lapwing
2 Pied Wagtail
3 Wheatear
4 Mallard
BS
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