Sunday mornings Fly Flatts report

A day late due to Whooper Swans stealing the show yesterday. Well done to everyone that got out for them, a once in a lifetime experience to see such a number of this species together at an inland water, this must be a record.
Thanks to all who took part with phone calls and text messages getting the word around, especially DJS and Jen who was inundated with  texts and calls but managed to get all the info collected and passed on. How does any bird group manage without a grapevine ?

FLY FLATTS

       Plenty courting and bickering with the Canadas

    This fella had better wise up before August 12th.

   Herons on the moor, frog spawning season.

                                        Canadas over

 Strange character in a Land Rover on the top road
                 Better zoom in and check him out.

   EY UP its Compo, ( HC) doing a bit of scoping

          Now we know whose scoffing the Nyjer.

               Nice to get Curlews back

                 Snipe starting drumming

  Unusual sight, a calm, clear Fly Flatts

                  Looking across to the Nab

                                Twite feeding station area, less Twite at the moment.

Fly Flatts 0645-0915hrs
A cracking morning for this location with a slight SSW>3 and excellent visibility. Still icy cold with puddles and the fringes of the reservoir frozen over.
A real sound of spring with Curlews calling, Lapwings displaying, Snipe drumming and the moors full of Canada geese as well as around 60 on the water.
LBB and Herring gulls were moving through >NW in the first hour but otherwise quiet skies.
Still no Wheatears showing around the waters edge and just 1 possible sighting by HC up on the top road scoping the moors where he was rewarded with a flock of 30 Dunlin heading towards Oxenhope reservoir.
No sign of Twite yet but the Mallards seem have got a taste for the Nyjer.
2 Oystercatchers were very vocal but moved on towards Cold Edge .
BS