Hot and sunny with murky hazy skies, visibility poor.
Fly Flatts was once again birdless other than about 2dozen Canada geese despite tons of muddy shoreline.
After an hour there I came away with Canadas and Red Grouse so it was down the road to Leeshaw.
Leeshaw held 2 distant Wheatear and 2 Curlew as well as the usual geese etc but the shoreline was empty due to 5 anglers there.
A nice surprise when 7 Wigeon appeared from nowhere and disappeared >SW towards the Calder Valley before Id even time to lift the camera.
A Hobby dashed through harassing Swallows which was a bonus, my first this year.
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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).