which through wet steamed bins could just make out
the white on the tail making me think Hen Harrier
road without getting out of the car I did,nt mean
like this.
Fly Flatts 0630-0930 hrs.
Excellent conditions, early drizzle then 75% cloud cover with a light WSW>2.
Alive from the word go with 3 Curlews around the area calling whilst 3 Kestrels and a Peregrine were in the skies.
Up to 18 Wheatear were along the shoreline and across on the rocks along with several Meadow Pipits.
2 noisy Raven flew over towards the Nab whilst 7 Canadas, 1 Barnacle and a single m Tufted were on the water.
Just before 0800 hrs a large slow raptor was ground hopping out over the moor >S and through wet and steamed up bins I could make out white on the tail leading me to believe I had a ringtail Hen Harrier but thanks to modern photography it turned out to be a Buzzard moving through.
On the way back I drove on to the new feeding area to get the first batch of Nyjer down and came across a Short Eared Owl which disappeared over the quarry, a good end to a pleasing morning.
Shame about the brand new 2015 plate car down the gutter. I checked that no one was in it as I arrived and it had no sign of theft but as I left a young couple were with it probably wondering what they could tell Dad about his car.
Fly Flatts
c 18 Wheatear
3 Kestrel
1 Peregrine
1 Buzzard
1 SEO
1 Tufted
2 Raven
3 Curlew
1 Barnacle goose
5 Canadas
Vis Mig
1 Buzzard...................................>S
17 Mipit....................................>SW
32 Swallows...............................>S
3 Curlew...................................Blogging
c100 Linnets................................Blogging...Cold Edge Road.
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