Fly Flatts 1500 hrs and a carbon copy of yesterday with once again low scud clouds over the moor to the west bringing sheets of drizzle on a very strong W>6 at 27.7 m.p.h. with100 % cloud cover.
During the last 15 minutes of the watch the sky started clearing to the west and the wind began to easy.Hopefully tomorrows forecast of a light south westerly will get things back on the move.
Bird wise the shore and water were empty with just a few species in the air but no sign of movers and everything either distant or skulking out of the wind.
7 Kestrel
1 Buzzard
2 Snipe
3 Red Grouse
1pr Stonechat
1 Reed Bunting
1 Woodpigeon.
Several Pipestrelle bats over Foxhill park trees last light this evening so there must still be enough insects around.
A chase up of my Canon 7d Mk 2 today found it at last out of the assessment ward and into theatre for a lcd screen transplant and re alignment so hopefully it,ll soon be back home and re attached to its favourite lens Big Bertha leaving me in shock after paying the estimated repair price of £350. That,ll teach me to be more careful in future.
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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).