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BS




Thursday, February 21, 2019

Cold Edge Dams.

            Barnacle, not easy to find at first.

             No sign of the yellow ringed Barnacle as yet.
                                4f Tufted, Leadbeater Dam
                                             1m Tufted.
             2 Greylag in with 45 Canadas and the Barnacle.

Early morning and I could see the bank of fog over Fly Flatts as I drove up there but all around was clear so I took a chance that it would lift. Wrong,! After 30 minutes checking the seed and as much of the water as I could see the fog was getting thicker coming across the moor on a moderate SSW>5.
                                                With Fly Flatts abandoned I dropped down to Cold Edge which was just below the cloud base though dark and drizzly but birdable.
                                                A scan of the goose field soon produced the Barnacle, which was almost hidden behind a mound of soil , along with 45 Canadas and 2 Greylag but strangely no Curlew or Oystercatcher which are usually back in this field by now.
A walk up the track to the boathouse failed to produce DJSs Stonechats whilst back at Leadbeater Dam 4 female and 1 male Tufted were present as well as a few small gulls and Mallards with plenty small gulls in the fields.
Around 10 Fieldfare were in the trees by the Delvers on my way home.
BS