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Friday, March 29, 2019

Foggy Fly Flatts a.m.

          Male Wheatear, peering through the mist

     Golden Plovers flushed by Sparrowhawk.
                                   The 3 Barnacles

                                         Distant Raven

             Raven mobbed with Crow and Mallards.

A foggy start at Fly Flatts with fog banks piling over the moor from the west not clearing fully until 0930 hrs leaving blue skies and sunshine on a light W>3
                                                          No sign of yesterdays Whinchat or Stonechats although visibility was poor and YW had bet me to the west bank so possibly disturbed. A single male Wheatear was in the same area along with several Mipits.
                                                        The last 30 minutes sky watching produced a Sparrowhawk harassing the Golden Plovers whilst a Raven flew >N mobbed by a strange combination of 1 Crow and 3 Mallard. Plenty Curlews and Mipits around as well as Lapwings, Canadas and 3 Barnacles.
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