Buzzards enjoying the wind
In the moult with Primaries and tail feathers missing.
Fly Flatts a.m. with an icy cold NW>4 increasing NW>5 , 80% cloud cover and good visibility despite a few low scud clouds.
All the action was in the air this morning with Meadow Pipits piling through from the SE heading >W and something to watch throughout with birds ever scan.
Just 1 Pied Wagtail left on the deck with no Wheatears or Stonechat. A Snipe was chipping from the reed bed.
4 Buzzard
1 Peregrine
3 Kestrel
3 LBB gulls
12 Golden Plover
1 Snipe
8 Curlew
2 Redshank
18 Lapwing
Around 150 Mipits >W and several blogging
+ usual sp.
BS
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).
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