Shipley Glen centre, Otley, horizon
A breezy cold day with a strong W>5 along with some sunshine.
Not much time today with a long morning hospital appointment and busy catching up at work p.m.
A bit of sky watching east from Foxhill at lunch time produced 7 Meadow Pipits and 5 Mallard >N
along with 3 Pied Wagtails >E. Nothing in the way of gulls now with all the parks Black Headed and Commons moved on.
A quick check of the Shelf Moor trailer park field after work produced 2 Lapwing and 3 Meadow Pipits.
Looking at the BTO Migration link on the right hand column we,re not the only ones having problems finding spring migrants.
The birding was poor today but the hospital visit with Lynda to see the consultant 15 months on after her op was mega with the results of a full CT scan completely clear and told to have a dummy run of stopping overnight tube feeding for 3 weeks and if she can keep her weight constant the feed tube can be removed.
He told us that the operation was as big as they come with 8 hours usually the limit, Lyndas being 14 hours and the largest op they did last year.
A terrible 12 months for her but hopefully onwards and upwards from now.
Not a good forecast for the weekend with gales and rain but we,ll make the best of it and who knows what the wind will blow in.
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