Clear water and moors at last at Fly Flatts.
when the reservoir basin was a forest.
Daughter Belinda heard a screaming from her back garden in Pye Nest this morning and dashed round to see a young Vixen Fox hanging by its head from her fence with one of its teeth embedded into the wood lat. She managed to get a coffee table under its body to take the weigh off its neck but dare,nt do anything with the fence for fear of making the job worse.
She had already alerted the RSPCA who fortunately got there reasonably quick as she was scared the fox was exhausted and dying.
The RSPCA girl reviewed the situation and knowing she had to act quickly she extracted the tooth and managed to get the fox out of the fence.
The fox was ok but not very mobile so she took it away to a local vet for antibiotics and returned this evening to Belindas garden where she released it . Fortunately a happy end to something that could have ended up with the fox having a slow and painful death if it had not been found. Well done Belinda.
Fog on the tops this morning so back to Leeshaw where the sky was clear with broken cloud and some sun on a SE>3 at 8 degrees.
Much quieter than yesterday with just 2 Wigeon and a Tufted left on the water after yesterdays mad wildfowl exodus along with the usual gulls and Mallards. A single Dipper was down by the beck whilst a female Goosander dropped onto the reservoir mid watch.
By late afternoon the wind had turned and increased to a SW>4 which quickly shifted any signs of fog and a trip to Fly Flatts found dark clouds and drizzle quickly turning sunny and bright.
It was good to get back up there despite it being rather quiet bird wise but enjoyed walking the west bank and replenishing the seed feeding area with hopes of a Snow Bunting dropping in as they are now being seen as fly overs around the area.
LEESHAW
1f Goosander
1f Tufted
2 Wigeon
1 Cormorant
1 Dipper
1 Grey Wagtail
c 200 mixed Greylag and Canadas but sticking to a top field with no viewing access.
+ usual sp.
FLY FLATTS
11 Canada
1 Herring gull.....>SW
2 Stonechat
3 Raven
1 Kestrel
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