my birthday but not tickable.
Thick fog this a.m. not clearing until 0845 hrs and then dropping down into the bottoms leaving the high ground bright and sunny.
Nothing excitable at either site but Leeshaw holding good numbers of Heron and Oystercatchers.
Fly Flatts had yet another wrecked car and whilst I was parked near the quarry 3 cars came racing each other at top speed, at one point 2 abreast, trying to force each other off the road.
Looking like I,ll be avoiding the narrow road from Leeshaw to Fly Flatts on a Sunday morning in future, wouldnt want to meet those coming the opposite way.
Its a shame that a nice place like Fly Flatts has to be declared a war zone.
Leeshaw res.
6 Oystercatchers
5 Heron
38 Greylag inc young
6 Lapwing, several bred and moved on.
2 drumming Snipe
Sev House Martins
3 Curlew
+ usual sp.
Fly Flatts
315 Canadas on water with sev still on moor
1 Snipe
Family of 5 Carrion Crow
9 Lapwing
1 Common Sandpiper
BS