WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING: Fly Flatts with the waders.( permit only)

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING

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.(2025).

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Fly Flatts with the waders.( permit only)

Plenty waders to check through today, f. Ringed Plover

Dunlin

Several Curlew now have chicks

2 ad 3 juv Stonechat

Common Sandpiper

Surprising how much smaller Dunlin is to Ringed Plover.

Pied Wag with chick food and Dunlin

Reed Bunting

A calmer morning at Fly Flatts with a light N>2 with broken cloud and some sunshine at 10 degrees.

Waders are coming and going daily now with more Dunlin and Ringed Plover present and all very lively feeding along the shoreline.

The Stonechat family, or another , was present with male and female plus 3 juvs whilst the pair of Pied Wagtail were busy feeding their young.

Just 2 Wheatear showing today and very few gulls with 5 Herring on the NW bank .

FLY FLATTS

8 Dunlin

6 Common Sandpiper

4 Ringed Plover

1 Oystercatcher

5 Redshank

2 Pied Wagtail

2 Wheatear

5 Herring gull

1m Reed Bunting

+ usual sp.

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