Out in the wild and windy weather, Leeshaw.

 

                                    A good show of 18 Oystercatchers

                                1 drake Goosander

                                   9 Curlew present.

                                    5 more Curlew, fly through.

                                   Little Owl

                                    Then there was two

                                    A mass of Starling

                                BH gulls on the high seas

                                  Curlews very flighty

                                Starlings over the water

                                Fieldfare in the goose field

A very windy morning at Leeshaw with a strong W>6 gusting 7 with a mix of sunshine and drizzle showers at a mild 7 degrees.

                  Leeshaw was buzzing this morning with the strong westerly making the birds very flighty, constantly moving around between the fields and reservoir banking.

                Oystercatcher numbers were up to 18 whilst 9 Curlew were present plus another 5 fly throughs >W. The usual large flocks of Lapwing and Starlings were very unsettled moving from field to field whilst Fieldfares were in the goose field.

               Very poor on gulls with a single Herring , 8 Black Headed and 2 Common along with a male Goosander on the water. The 2 resident Little Owls are now both back in their summer area.

A real lively morning despite the wind and drizzle.

c 200 Starling

c 100 Lapwing

18 Oystercatcher

14 Curlew

2 Little Owl

1 m Goosander

1 Herring gull

8 Black Headed gull

2 Common gull

12 Fieldfare

4 Stock Dove

+ usual sp.

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