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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.
BS




Sunday, October 16, 2022

A wet and windy Fly Flatts (permit only)

                                          Steady drizzle throughout
                                            As good as it got, 36 Mallard


    A bright clear morning but not at Fly Flatts with the usual dark clouds from the west and light drizzle throughout the watch. A moderate SW>4 was whipping up the water at 5 degrees.
                       The usual October lull continued for this site with just 4 species seen. A group of 36 Mallard dropped onto the water coming up from Dean Head where they roost on a night whilst 3 Meadow Pipits were in the compound.
                        A low number of Woodpigs were moving >S which were unfortunate enough to over fly the Peregrine which immediately launched after them with a very near miss with one which luckily escaped but lost a load of feathers in the progress. Several dropped down onto the moor lying low in the heather till the danger was over.
                      The car is in dock tomorrow for possibly a week so apart from wandering around Foxhill I,m grounded. Hopefully I,ll be able to keep the blog going with a few Queensbury sightings plus plenty incoherent drivel.
BS