A thick bank of cloud over the water
Good amounts of shoreline
Visibility low
Down at the feeding station
0830hrs and lights on, fog moves
Feeding station. not a Twite in sight, plenty seed down
Loads of Mipits about
NW corner shoreline
A good year for Common Sandpiper
Juv Pied Wagtail
Fly Flatts 0700-1000hrs Strong WNW>6 Thick fog then clearing with banks moving across.
Very little seen this morning with visibility down to 30yds until 0830hrs when it cleared but fog banks continued to move across annoyingly.
Meadow Pipits are everywhere now with plenty juvs and some new birds moving in.
Over 300 Canadas and 8 Greylags were in the water or up on the grass with no sign of Barnacle or G.N.Diver.
Dunlin , Redshank and Common Sandpiper were present but sticking to the far shore.
3 Kestrels were up along with 7 LBB gulls over but all Curlews seem to have gone .
1 early returning Wheatear out on the rocks, sw corner.
Several House Martins were over Bradshaw.
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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