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Sunday, February 23, 2020

More gale walking, Leeshaw, Fly Flatts.

       A record 46 Mallard at Leeshaw all in bright
                                 breeding plumage.
                                    White Horses on Fly Flatts
          The island is almost covered again despite efforts to
                                                     keep the water down.

Poor conditions this morning at Leeshaw with very heavy drizzle throughout along with low cloud and a strong WSW>6 at 5 degrees.
                                                     Much quieter than yesterday but another 12 Curlew went through >W but slightly higher than yesterday at the far side of the water with the fields as a backdrop so no good for photos. Gulls were back in the area today with several small gulls, some moving through whilst others stayed on the water. No Herrings but 5 LBBs and a single GBB headed high and >W up in the murky clouds.
                                A Mistle Thrush was in the top field along with 11 Oystercatchers and about 30 Fieldfare. A nice arrival of Mallards with a good count of 46.
                              By late afternoon the mist had cleared so I thought I,d better get up to Fly Flatts to see if anything new had come in.
The weather was fine and bright with just a few low scud clouds but the wind was the feature coming across the water from the west at gale force W>8. I walked to the SW corner but dare,nt risk the west bank as the wind was nearly taking my legs from under me. I took a reading from the corner and the
anemometer was reading 43 m.p.h. , a record for me up there.
                             The rest of the watch was from behind the tailgate of the car but very little to see with only 4 Herring gulls >SW, 2 Raven, and a Peregrine going through with the wind like a missile.
                             On the way back 3 Golden Plover lifted off from the Nolstar field and headed towards the Flat Moor.

Leeshaw reservoir
12 Curlew........................>W     + 2 present
11 Oystercatcher
1 Mistle Thrush
c 30 Fieldfare
46 Mallard
1 pr Goosander
2 Cormorant
27 Canada
4 Greylag
+ usual sp.

Fly Flatts
2 Raven
1 Peregrine
4 Herring gull.............>SW
3 Golden Plover...........Nolstar field.
BS