A walk down Slaughter Gap late afternoon in the hope of early dispersing Redstarts failed to produce the goods. The usual long walk down and scramble back never gets any easier but the dogs were in good form so helped pull me up.
No sign of passerines other than Linnets, Mipits and around 9 Wheatear, all distant on walls but adults in autumn plumage.
Several Swallows and Swifts were overhead but little else.
Just to ease this boring report heres some August birds from 2015/2016.
Common Scoters, Oxenhope
Queensbury Buzzard
Twitching a Ruff at Oxenhope KM BV
The last Blackcap I saw, 2016.
Fly Flatts SEO 2015, remember these ?
Ogden juv Gt Crested Grebe
Taylor Lane Spotted Flycatcher
Fly Flatts Buzzard
Taylor Lane Cuckoo juv
EGP Little Egret
A few years now since I got this for the first 2 in
Calderdale, EGP . 2003 May 1st
Taylor Lane Cuckoo 1 of 5
Redcar Tarn Med gull.
Odd sighting, Oxenhope summer Wigeon
Leeshaw YL Herring gull
2016, 3rd summer.
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