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Thursday, April 22, 2021

More high pressure, less birds.

 

 Fly Flatts                                       Female Wheatear new in

                                               Always Ravens present

                    Usual pair of Ringed Plovers in the boatyard.


Back to high pressure today once again killing the job. A very calm SE>2 with clear blue skies and sunshine at 6 degrees rising to 12 degrees mid afternoon.
                                     As expected, a very quiet morning with the exception of a second pair of Ringed Plovers on the west bank which stayed for around 15 minutes feeding before they spiralled up very high and away >W. The original pair now spend most of their time walking around the boatyard feeding in the short grass with no signs of attempting to breed.
                                 No gulls today , just Merlin, Redshank, Raven and Red Legged Partridge plus the usual species.
                     It got worse mid afternoon, after a shopping trip to Brighouse, when I arrived at a very quiet Mixenden reservoir 5 Mallard, 2 Canada geese and a Moorhen on the water whilst a Chiffchaff and a Goldcrest were in the edge of the wood.
                    On then to Ned Hill track which was void of birds, as was a walk up the Soil hill track as far as the mast. ring on the wind and rain.
BS