Just time for 1 hour on the hill at 1530 hrs before my Shelf Moor gardening project .
No sign of the Ring Ouzels although a dog walker said he was watching them at 0700 hrs this morning at the top of the plantation by Jack Snipe alley.
The cold , strong E>5 seemed to have swept everything from the hill today leaving the usual Pheasants, Grey Partridge, Skylarks , Mipits, Lapwings and Curlew.
Down at Shelf Moor there were several Mistle Thrushes in the fields along with 17 Canadas near the pond and 2 Moorhen on the water.
A steady flow of Swallows were moving >W over the garden.
Target Birds for the morning, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Terns !
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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.(2025).