Without actual measurements plumage details are inconclusive
but looks good to me.
Leeshaw Reservoir a.m.
Setting off from home in mist I ran into bright sunshine and blue skies so I thought Fly Flatts should be ok but that was until I got up there with a massive fog bank right along the western ridge with dense fog on the tops and no sign of it clearing. On then to Leeshaw and as soon as I dropped down the hill on Nab Water Lane towards Oxenhope I was back in sunshine.
Leeshaw was performing well with an excellent vis mig watch, even though it was late before I got organized with coming the long way round, with movement throughout including 4 Skeins of Pink Footed geese , 120.89, 68 and 102 totalling 379 geese. Good numbers of Mipits, Wagtails, House Martins and Swallows with a good variety of other species. All totals and report on Trektellen under heading of Fly Flatts .
Fly Flatts late p.m. was very quiet with empty skies other than a few Mipits still coming over. The water only held 1 Canada and 2 Mallard with the Tufteds gone from the site. One of the 3 Wheatears present stood out as a Greenland whilst 5 female Pied Wagtails were on the shore, probably remnants of this mornings move. Other than that around 50 Greenfinch were on thistles with loads of Painted Lady and Red Admiral butterflies.
A 15 minute watch on the Black Redstart failed to produce.
BS