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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Leeshaw Reservoir 0700-0930hrs

                                                   1 of 2 Heron
                                  71 Golden Plover in the fields


                                                     Juv Meadow Pipit

                The ever present Little Owl
                                              Goldies
                                     A good year for breeding Greylags
    Strange place to find a Willow Warbler in the nettles

                                       Goldies heading off >S



Fogged off at Fly Flatts this morning so down below the cloud base to a murky Leeshaw which cleared after 0900hrs.
Several Golden Plover were feeding in the fields before moving off >S and well as Lapwings.
Some shoreline showing but only other waders present were Oystercatchers.
Odd to find a Willow Warbler in a bunch of nettles amongst several juv Meadow Pipits.
Nice to meet KM up there who had recently in the past few days had Whimbrel and Green Sandpiper and a possible Yellow Legged Herring gull.

47 Greylag
28 Canada
71 Golden Plover
100+ Lapwing
8 Oystercatcher
1 Little Owl
2 Haron
1 Kestrel
11 LBB gull
16 BH gull
1 Willow Warbler
2 Grey Wagtail
4 Pied Wagtail
3 Cormorant
Umpteen Meadow Pipits
+ usual sp
BS