WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING: Dunlin invasion, Fly Flatts, (permit only).

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING. BRIAN SUMNER. I am based at Queensbury and bird a patch within a 10 mile range of home incorporating 16 stretches of water, several plantations, a belt of woodland, stretches of river and canal and good areas of moorland. I specialize in upland birds, reservoir and sky watching. My local patch is Fly Flatts reservoir. Any reports can be sent by text or call to 07771 705024 or see profile for e mail address. All images on this blog are copyright.(2024).

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING

BRIAN SUMNER.

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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Dunlin invasion, Fly Flatts, (permit only).

Dunlins everywhere

A count of at least 11

Common Sandpipers having a squabble

1 of 3 Pied Wagtail

At least 8 Common Sandpiper

Just a single male Wheatear

2 pair of Ringed Plover. Male

Female

A bright and breezy afternoon at Fly Flatts with a moderate W>4 at 10 degrees with broken cloud and sunshine. Just one heavy rain shower which soon passed over.

A good fall of Dunlin with at least 11 present and possibly more at the north end on the mud with at least 8 Common Sandpipers, 4 Ringed Plover and 3 Redshank. Another couple of weeks and hopefully Sanderling will arrive.

Just a single male Wheatear today with Swallows now a common sight and more Linnets showing.