Well we got the wind and rain promised but the wind was from the SE and not strong enough to clear the fog so another day grounded. Just 4 very wet dog walks today but nothing to show. A Keighley shopping spree was clearer but misty and very wet.
If the next 10 days forecast proves true November is going to be a write off birding wise so here,s a few December birds from 2020/2021 to browse through.
many years ago, now mega rare in this area.
Common Scoter Mixenden
Ring Necked Parakeet Mixenden.
See what this December turns.
All photos B.S.
Since, what I still believe, to be a Rough Legged Buzzard over Fly Flatts on the 10th of this month I,ve been checking through all the bird reports for any sightings of this species heading >S down the country.
Ironically one was reported today >S over Lowestoft, Suffolk adding more fuel to the fire.
The photos, which were much closer and more detailed than mine ,were frighteningly very similar to mine showing it being mobbed by a Common Buzzard, another feature towards it being a RL,
plus the size difference between the two birds.
I,ve had it brought to my attention about the light phase Buzzard seen at Thornton and Hebden Bridge but this bird was about at Fly Flatts last year showing no signs of size difference and never mobbed by other Buzzards. Also the suspect bird had a different jizz to Common Buzzard with slower wing beats similar to Harriers. My last RL Buzzard was November 1994 at Timble Ings. We,ll never know?
BS