WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING: Wind I can put up with, rain I don,t mind, fogs a no no. Double abandonment.

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).

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING

BRIAN SUMNER.

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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.

Friday, June 12, 2020

Wind I can put up with, rain I don,t mind, fogs a no no. Double abandonment.

With dense fog throughout the day I had to settle for 2 long and wet dog walks with a bit of shopping in between and a day without Fly Flatts. A dreaded east wind again tomorrow so that could mean more fog. Today could have been a good watch up there with the NE>4 and heavy rain but fog put the stoppers on it. An e mail from the site manager to me today gave the conditions at Fly Flatts as ' GRIM'.
I,ve put together a list of species seen at Fly Flatts so far in 2020, now that we are half way through the year. The number is down due to 5 weeks missing with lock down and the clear hot weather in May which slows the job down.

Cormorant
Heron
Pink Footed Goose
Greylag
Canada
Barnacle
Teal
Mallard
Tufted
Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine
Red Grouse
Pheasant
Oystercatcher
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover
Snipe
Lapwing
Curlew
Redshank
Common Sandpiper
Dunlin
Common Gull
Black Headed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black Backed Gull
Great Black Backed Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Feral Pigeon
Collared Dove
Cuckoo
Swift
Skylark
Swallow
House Martin
Meadow Pipit
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Stonechat
Wheatear
Greenland Wheatear x 3
Ring Ouzel x 7
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Redwing
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Jay
Starling
Goldfinch
Linnet
Reed Bunting.

60 species.

Species of the year so far. Ring Ouzel.
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