An amazing advert for spec savers today when eagle eyed DJS found 3 Queensbury Redstarts off Roper Lane looking down the hill into Bradshaw. How he found them I,ll never know as its not a known site and not really a birding area apart from migration sky watching.
After a morning text I shot on there at lunch time and watched 1 female fly catching off the wall but such a distance was out of camera range. A great record for Queensbury who,s really getting put on the birding map this autumn.
Had a run round Roper Lane this evening but no chance of seeing the Redstart area with the blinding low sun in my face.
A 15 minute vis mig watch produced several Swallows and Linnets but no September Swift.
Vis Mig
31 Swallow.....................................>S
15 Linnet........................................>W
4 Alba Wagtail..............................>W
2f 1m Redstart..............................blogging
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