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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Fly Flatts/ Leeshaw/ Mixenden

  over 1000 mixed Starling, Fieldfare and Redwing

                                Several more Mallards moving in

                                   Canada and Greylag numbers rising
                                  Starlings everywhere

A cold W>6 and showers first light brightening mid morning.

Nothing special around but numbers of locals showing a rise.
Leeshaw
2 Cormorant
28 Mallard
103 Canadas
89 Greylag
1000 + Starling, Fieldfare and Redwing in distant fields
usual small gulls
18 Meadow Pipit
3 Chaffinch
Nice to bump into Michael Whitelock

Fly Flatts
18 Canadas, new in
5 Red Grouse
2 Kestrel

Delvers
usual Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, tits etc

Mixenden
3 f Goldeneye
8 Mallard
usual small gulls
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