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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Leeshaw a.m. Out and about p.m.

 
LEESHAW                 3rd winter Yellow Legged Herring gull, 'michahellis'
                                        Herring gull, 'argentatus'
                                        1st winter Herring
                                                  LBBs squabbling  
                                                  5 Wigeon present.




p.m. Out and about.                               Long Eared Owl.

    Distance shot with 600mm lens x 1.4 converter x 1.6 crop factor camera = 1344 mm
                      exp 1000  f 6.3  iso 1600,  centre spot focus on eyes.

A dry morning at Leeshaw reservoir with 90% cloud cover at 10 degrees on a moderate SW>5 and mist on the tops.
                  Gulls were very lively today with good numbers of Herring and LBBs through >W including a 3rd winter Yellow Legged Herring which landed on the water tower but was immediately moved on by a Lesser Black Backed.
                    A group of 5 Wigeon appeared from nowhere to suddenly be on the water but again, no sign of the goose flock other than a few Canadas. A small party of 6 Meadow Pipits were in the big goose field whilst several small squadrons of Starling headed >NW showing final signs of autumn migration.
                     A very windy and damp afternoon but a good start off as I left home. As I was driving out onto the main Denholme Road 2 people walking were stood looking skyward and I guessed straight away what at. A skein of Pinkies were flying over >W with around 50 geese but, unable to stop, I had to take a rough count from laid across the passenger seat looking out of the side window whilst trying to keep the car between the kerb and the white line.
                    At a loss where to go I checked a couple of plantations for Crossbill as well as a few upland sites but despite there being a good harvest of  pine cones this year Crossbills were non existent with just a few Siskin and several Goldcrest and Chaffinch.
                   Several fields are holding Fieldfare now with a few over wintering Mipits whilst the icing on the cake was a Long Eared Owl of which there seems to be more of this species, as well as Barn Owl, around than Short Eared at the moment. 

Leeshaw
1 YL Herring gull
88 Herring gull
32 LBB gull
c400 small gull
5 Wigeon
3 Cormorant
6 Mipits
1 Grey Wagtail
BS