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Thursday, February 25, 2021

A slow start at Fly Flatts.

 

                                          A few Red Grouse on the moor very vocal.

                                         Curlews arriving.

                                          Barnacle back with the Canadas


Half decent conditions at Fly Flatts today apart from the moderate SSW>5 increasing W>7 at 5 degrees.
A bright sunny start but soon clouding  over with a few specs of light rain.
                                Things have livened up since my last visit with the Canadas now up to around 100 and some already settled on the moor. One of the Barnacles has returned to join the Canadas but no second bird as yet.
                              Curlews are slowly moving in with 4 present along with 15 Lapwing and a hardy pair of Stonechat around the entrance track. Raven numbers were down with just 2 present but this species will probably be breeding by now, a very early breeder.
                               With a few Wheatear in the country now I checked the usual hot spots but very early yet, my earliest being 17th March with most years having them turn up the last 2 weeks in March.
Hopefully I,ll have a good spring for Ring Ouzel like last year when I was inundated with them, turning up 16th March and staying till at least the end of March but I failed to see them leave due to the first lock down.
                 As expected at Fly Flatts, a gull less day today.
Fly Flatts
c 100 Canadas
1 Barnacle
15 Lapwing
4 Curlew
2 Raven
1 pr Stonechat
2 Kestrel
6 Red Grouse
+ usual sp.
BS