A slight taste of vis mig this morning with the perfect misty then clearing slowly conditions.
Meadow Pipits were coming over >S from 0615hrs drying up by 0730hrs with around 80 being counted.
Swallows were also moving >S coming over higher than the Mipits with several right on the misty cloudbase and probably above.
Alba Wagtails were moving >W with 7 counted before and on the way to work.
All was quiet at lunchtime up in Foxhill park apart from a few Black Headed gulls and the usual corvids, will have to stop taking the big camera up with me, that seems to stop the job.
A good report today that the local Tawny Owls have be spotted two nights now after dark flying around the roost area but a check this dinner time found no signs of birds or pellets at the roost tree.
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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).