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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Ringby Top Skywatch, pm.

                                        Charms of Goldfinch

                                          A good year for juvs
                                             Wheatears moving through

                                              Spot the Wheatear
                                       Several in the fields
                                           Corvid v Sparrowhawk.


Two hours late afternoon sky watching from Ringby Top found no moving birds apart from 2 Goose sp. probably Pinkies but way out over Huddersfield >W.
The top itself was buzzing with several large flocks of Goldfinch, Linnets and Meadow Pipits along with at least 8 Wheatear plus the usual corvids plus a Sparrowhawk and 2 Kestrels.
The banking of wild flowers that was used by several Linnets and a Whinchat has now been bulldozed into a soil bank but there is still ample feeding areas up there.
No sign of vis mig over the village this a.m.
BS