A very distant air battle over the Nab.
Late afternoon at Fly Flatts in poor conditions with a good 100 % grey cloud cover but a very low cloud base blanking off the tops of the turbines and making visibility poor with a damp drizzle. The wind was near gale WNW>7 dropping to W>5 near the end of the watch and the sky clearing.
A walk along the west bank, or rather being blown, produced very little other than a few LBB gulls over NW and one blogging Skylark below the banking.
A thorough scope of all the shorelines failed to find any waders with just 6 Carrion Crow on the east banking and nothing on the water.
The highlight of the watch was a mass battle going on over the Nab with 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 3 Crows and 3 Kestrels which all dropped to the other side of the Nab not to be seen again.
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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