A deteriorating day starting off dry and bright then low cloud sweeping in bringing drizzle on the tops.
A dinner time dash around the Queensbury hotspot fields produced very little making me think the Golden Plover flock may have moved on.
For some unknown reason Raggalds Flood has suddenly stopped attracting wildfowl and Lapwings although the water level remains high.
Pit Lane
Some ground work going on so void of birds
Raggalds Flood
Corvids
Keelham pylon field
12 Lapwing
1 Pied Wagtail
Bonnet fields
23 Lapwing
c 100 Starling
Old Guy Rd
3 Skylark
4 Meadow Pipit
2 Pied Wagtails
Few small gulls
Shelf Moor trailer park fields
73 Lapwing
c 75 Starling
4 Common gull
1 Grey Heron over.
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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).