Sunday, late afternoon visit, Fly Flatts.

    Several Black Headeds on the water all in winter plumage now.

            Handy Kestrel perches these boat masts

 Record count of Collared Doves with 24 at the Delvers.
                                            Unless you know different.

                         Across to the NW corner

                                                  SW corner

  The Nab with the grounded floating jetty in the foreground.

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          On sky watch. Big Bertha, Bobby, Ollie and Pippa.

An amazing transformation in the weather late afternoon after a day of continuous rain with the wind swung around to a E > 4 and 40 % cloud cover allowing blue skies and sunshine through.
                                                          Despite the good conditions birding this morning was much livelier in the bad weather with a quiet watch this afternoon showing no signs of the 2 Wigeon or Mallards on the water and even the Canadas had deserted leaving a single Mallard on the water along with 9 Black Headed gulls.  A pair of Pheasant were present on the edge of the moor with a few blogging Mipits close by but nothing other than Kestrels in the air.
                                                      On the way back a record count of 24 Collared Doves were on wires by the Delvers which is possibly the start of a winter roost as this species never move far from their breeding areas but can build up large roosting colonies in the winter months.
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