June keeping its reputation as ,'the quiet month'

 

FLY FLATTS                          1 of 2 resident Barnacle geese

                                                    Pied Wagtail enjoying the sun

                                                 Some Curlews seem to have gone already.

LEESHAW                               Several well grown Lapwings.

                      juv brown Peregrine harassing the Lapwings.

                                              In 2nd year moult

                                               Missing primaries

                                            2 Black Headed gulls

                                         Lapwings ganging up on the Peregrine

                Black Headed gull , 1st summer moulting into adult winter

                                           The only LBB of the day, 2nd summer

Another hot sticky, sunny day with a very light SW>2 with temp rising from 10 degrees to 21 degrees.

The top of my head is tender and my face is as red as a Turkey cock. I feel a rain dance is needed.

                                                   June at Fly Flatts this morning was living up to its reputation of being the worst birding month of the year with next to nothing happening.

A walk the full length of the west bank produced Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper and Snipe with empty water and skies except for the geese.

                                                   Back to Leeshaw mid p.m. for a continuation of yesterdays gull experience but strangely, even though the time and weather conditions were the same, I only had 2 Black Headed and a single Lesser Black Backed through.

                                                     At least 2 Cuckoos were calling from opposite sides of the water and a

juv Peregrine did 2 menacing fly overs but was soon escorted out of the area with Lapwings.

                                                     Mick Cs gang are still getting Osprey in Oxfordshire so theres still a chance yet of a sighting.

Fly Flatts

2 Ringed Plover

1 Common Sandpiper

1 Snipe

1 Pied Wagtail

c 500 Starling

+ usual sp.

Leeshaw

2 Cuckoo

7 Oyk

1 juv Pere

1 LBB gull

2 BH gull

+ usual sp.

BS