3 Wheatear present
The water gets rough at this time of year
1515 hrs on a bright afternoon with only 25 % cloud cover with blue skies and sunshine on a cool NNW>4.
Not as active as this morning but plenty to watch though nothing out of the ordinary.
A check around the feeding station area produced 3 Wheatear but no Ring Ouzel as yet whilst around 50 Mipits were blogging along the banking side.
The highlight was 4 distant Buzzards up together then quartering the moor before gaining height and heading off >SW. One of the birds was a very light phase with several white patches on its mantle and tail.
The 2 Dunlin had moved across to the east bank below the vertical fence where 2 Teal were also present on the waters edge. Sky wise 3 Swallows headed >S and Black Headed gulls moved >NW throughout the watch.
Not oft you see the Coastguard helicopter over Fly Flatts although looking down from above it does look like a coastal estuary.
BS
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).
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