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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.
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Monday, November 26, 2018

Calm before the storm. Fly Flatts.

A glorious day until I arrived at Fly Flatts late afternoon to dark skies and light rain showers on a light NE > 4 . The conditions were pleasant enough but far from being a photographic day and possibly the last calm weather for a few days with 2 weather fronts heading our way.
                                                   The reservoir has risen considerably over the weekend with the east shoreline now under water apart from an area in the NE corner whilst the south shore has almost gone leaving a few ponds in the SE corner making the reservoir into a much greater expanse of water hopefully making it more tempting for winter wildfowl.
                                                           Nothing special today, the highlight being a steady flow of Herring gulls >W with a count of 31, these being all adults which was unusual.
The Mallard count was up to 83, all mainly on the water with their favourite peninsular area now underwater whilst 9 Teal were along a mud ledge near to the NE corner.
                                                           The remaining piece of north shoreline held 12 Lapwing but no sign of Golden Plover , and 4 noisy Canada geese were in the same area. Otherwise it was down to 3 Kestrels and 2 Carrion Crow.
                                              More grapevine reports today of trans Pennine Pinkies on the move though the forecast weather fronts may put a hold on it for the next few days.
                                                The Shelf Moor trailer park fields this lunch time held around 80 Lapwing and approximately the same number of Black Headed gulls plus several Starlings.
BS