Fly Flatts at 1500 hrs today in an icy cold ESE > 5 and only 20 % cloud cover with the dreaded sun spoiling the watch with bright haze along the western ridge.
Waterfowl at Fly Flatts don,t seem to like the easterlies and today very few Canadas and Mallards were present and mostly in the long grass on the eastern shore.
A large brown Peregrine dropped down on the flat moor before moving off again towards Slade whilst 2 Kestrels hovered over the Nab.
In the very distance over the western ridge and right in the sun a Buzzard was soaring high before being mobbed by a single Raven . The Buzzard followed the ridge >N soon to be followed by another 3 very low just below the horizon disappearing over the west of Oxenhope,.
Back at Nolstar the field was void of Lapwing but 9 Golden Plover were present. These birds have chosen a field lower down than their usual favourite field for some reason which makes viewing much more difficult as the field has a deep ridge half way across which takes the birds out of sight plus they are sticking at distance to the very back of the field.
I got a good hugging of Nyjer seed down at Fly Flatts before I left in case there are problems getting there next week as the promised winter weather hits us.
BS