With a NE>4 and 90% cloud cover a late afternoon visit to Ringby seemed like a good idea at the time in the hope of winter thrushes or geese taking advantage of a tail wind, no such luck.
With 1 hours watch 360 degrees and around a 30 mile radius the skies were empty with just a few LBB gulls and the usual corvids.
Passerine wise, a check around the shrubs and hedges produced 6 Linnet and 2 Meadow Pipits.
This has got to be the worst ever September/ October when we should be wall to wall with birds but instead getting nothing, there must be some explanation but just what, I don,t know.?
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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).