WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING: Scarecrows, Swifts and Seagulls

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.(2024).

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING

BRIAN SUMNER.

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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Scarecrows, Swifts and Seagulls

This Telecom engineer gave me a rude awakening going
to work.

How did he get up there thought I

Till I got near enough to see it was part of Queensburys
Scarecrow competition.

Midday today , just ahead of the usual lunchtime rain, Swifts were piling over the village >S with at least 100 birds head down in migration mode. My last Swift report for 2014 was 18 over Soil Hill on the 24th August but this year they seem to be off earlier with thousands already crossed the east coast line.
Otherwise today it was down to gulls on the move with LBBs showing throughout the day mainly >W along with a few BH gulls.
BS