Not a bird in sight this morning other that a few Red Grouse and half a dozen grounded Meadow Pipits with all the grounded passerines gone, and who can blame them.
The Black Redstart that has been keeping me company up there for 2 weeks has finally moved on since the strong winds arrived, not being seen for 3 days now.
By 1345 hrs the fog had lifted so a visit to Doe Park with thoughts of Pink Footed Geese down the Aire Valley or something exotic being brought down on the water, dream on.
A good collection of gulls on the south shore was pleasing and something to sift through but otherwise a very quiet hour. A Kestrel was being mobbed to the north well up in milky skies
whilst lots of noisy Jackdaws squabbled with each other.
A poor day for Pinkies after a good start with a skein at 0730 hrs over Thornton(MP)
and a skein over the Aire valley at 1059 hrs (Andrew, Keighley birder.
The east coast has been awash with Pinks all the way down from Scotland with Flamborough having a count of near 4000 and Spurn clocking up 4078 >S. Hopefully they,ll all cross over the Pennines .
Doe Park
124 BH gull
4 LBB gull 2 ad, 2 1st summer.
4 Common gull
1 Kestrel
1 Heron
1 Moorhen
2 Cormorant
+ usual sp
no reports from either site of the Osprey for 2 days now.
BS