Foxhill skies yesterday evening.
A bright start with blue skies and sunshine till 0930hrs then the sky closed in with full cloud cover and damping throughout the day.
The first early signs of Woodpigeons moving >S this morning with around 150 counted on the way to and at work. Woodpigs are one of the few birds that move in clear cloudless skies making them seem to glitter as they fly over.
As soon as the sky clouded Swallows took over with large groups very high and >S but this move only lasted around 30 minutes and by 1015 hrs the skies were empty.
Several reports coming in of a Buzzard showing daily and dropping into trees Queensbury east.
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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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.
BS