A quick check on the cricket pitch for early Wheatear but not yet to be.
Skylark numbers are building with 5 on the pitch and 2 singers in surrounding fields whilst also on the pitch were 7 Meadow Pipits and 2 Pied Wagtails.
Around 50 mixed Black Headed and Common gulls were in the fields along with c 100 Jackdaws.
A customer report today from Queensbury station of , what he thought to be, a singing Willow Warbler but way too early and would have been a Chiffchaff, several of which have over wintered in the area.
All quiet in the skies over Foxhill at lunch time.
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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).