WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING: Too hot and sunny + too calm = no birds. Fly Flatts.

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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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Too hot and sunny + too calm = no birds. Fly Flatts.

Unusual for Teal to be present throughout the summer

A hot and sticky afternoon at Fly Flatts with 60 % cloud cover, long periods of sunshine and a very light N>2 breeze, not the weather for Fly Flatts birding.
An intensive scoping from the west bank watch point again failed to find any wader species with just 4 LBB gulls and 2 Black Headed along the waters edge along with 7 Teal , 8 Mallard, 12 Canadas and 2 Tufted.
No sky movement today with just 6 Kestrel, some being mobbed with Mipits, and DJS picked up a Merlin whilst we were chatting up there.
A cooler day forecast for tomorrow with a decent NW>4 which will hopefully liven things up a bit although their is still some signs of movement with a Whimbrel, Knot and Tern sp at Ringstone tonight, Hx grapevine .
BS