A typical Monday morning with clear blue skies and no sign of fog or rain, think I,ll start working Sunday and have Monday off.
The day did deteriorate somewhat with the strong westerly wind increasing by midday to WSW > 6
bringing light rain by late afternoon.
Very little sky movement this morning with just a scattering of Woodpigeons >S early on and 2 late Meadow Pipits in the same direction.
Nothing doing up Foxhill at lunch time so a quick dash to the top of the Dailie fields to check to the east over the Aire Valley.
A few LBB gulls were heading >N up the valley along with several small squadrons of Starlings on the move in their usual direction of >NW.
Present in the area were 11 Blackbirds in the old allotments, probably continentals, as well as a good number of Fieldfare moving around the fields off Station Road.
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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).