WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING: Fly Flatts, early a.m.

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.(2024).

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING

BRIAN SUMNER.

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Sunday, September 2, 2018

Fly Flatts, early a.m.

Common gull are now returning to the area

Making feathers fly

2 of 6 Teal

Fly Flatts 0700-0930 hrs. 100% cloud cover breaking up by 0845 hrs on a cool S>4.
First real signs of vis mig this morning with around 40 House Martin on wires as I drove through Bradshaw then 36 over Fly Flatts >S along with several Swallows.
Up to 50 Meadow Pipits were heading >W along with 2 Skylark.
Otherwise all was quiet with just the usual species present and no waders on the shore. A group of 6 Kestrel were hovering over the west back and whilst I was trying to get a photo of the 6 together from my NW bank watch point 4 waders flew behind them by the SW corner as if to land but were spooked , probably by the Kestrels, and headed off high and >W. Luckily I got 2 on film but very distant and zoomed in on the computer they turned out to be Golden Plover.
BS