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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Pinkies right on time. Fly Flatts

                                  3 Tufted, unusual for this site

                                          Female Common Scoter
                                        Teal left            Common Scoter right
                     Kestrel patrolling the shoreline
                                    1 of 2 Teal passing at distance

A calm morning with blue skies and wind increasing NE>4 cutting down vis mig.

Another visit from Common Scoter with a female present but keeping well out in the water along with a single Teal. Three Tufted on the water which was unusual and 2 Teal flew >S at distance.
No waders present but 3 Kestrel were patrolling the shoreline.
Whilst talking on the phone to DCB at the Oxenhope watch point HC there scoped 34 Pink Footed Geese well out to the east and heading east which Dave directed me onto looking over the Whetstone Gate area.

Vis Mig

4 Alba Wagtails...........................>W
37 Meadow Pipits........................>S
5 Swallows..................................>S
15 LBB gulls................................>SE
2 Teal...........................................>W
34 Pink Footed Geese .................>E

Present
1f Common Scoter
2m 1f Tufted
1 Teal
1 Wheatear
3 Kestrel
1 Grey Wagtail
Few blogging Mipits
BS