A poor start to the morning with a low cloud base and fog patches coming up out of the valley but clearing by 0930 hrs leaving bright skies and good visibility on a W>4.
Meadow Pipits piled through from the start all keeping low below the cloud base, drying up around 0915 hrs. Only a small count of Swallows >S with some bounce backs heading >N.
A good move of Corvids which is unusual for up there and 5 Skylarks over.
The Tufted ducks have all moved on now and been replaced with 6 Teal on the water and at least 8 Wheatear along the east cobbles feeding on maggots from a dead sheep.
Not a wader present all September as of yet making it look like this area is more a Spring stopping off point rather than an autumn but there,s still time yet, although the majority of species , such as Green Sandpiper, will have gone through by now.
Vis Mig
1 Herring gull......................>SW
13 LBB gulls.......................>SW
19 Carrion Crow.................>SW
14 Jackdaw.........................>SW
231 Mipits.........................>S
5 Skylark...........................>W
9 Swallow.........................>S
6 Swallow.........................>N
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6 Teal
8 Wheatear.
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