Fly Flatts 0645-1000 hrs. Wall to wall blue sky with a light and cool NW>4 Minus 1 degree on arrival rising to 2 deg. Visibility poor due to the blinding low sun but good to the west.
The skies were alive throughout with birds moving >N >NW and >NE with several Stock Doves, Herring, LBB and Common gulls.
A fresh arrival of Meadow Pipits since yesterday were already getting established on the moor whilst 6 Snipe were up drumming. A real hectic morning but poor for photography with several birds in the sun and distant.
AC s Osprey >N never passed Fly Flatts but thanks for the call Andy and still no Wheatear despite a thorough scan and a check on the top road but with sightings in the Bradford area its only a matter of time now.
114 Canadas
8 Greylag
9 Mallard
3 Redshank
10 Curlew
6 Snipe drumming
3 Raven
1 Peregrine
1 Merlin
1 Kestrel
8 Pied Wagtails
c40 Stock dove >NE
sev Herring, Common and LBB gulls >NW and >NE
Plenty Mipits and Lapwings
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