A stonking morning at Fly Flatts with clear blue skies, perfect visibility and sunshine throughout on a light W>3 at 3 degrees. Unfortunately this looks like a one off until into the New Year.
Nice to get back up on the tops for the first time this month, mainly due to fog or gale force winds, which is forecast now till the New Year at least, with a threat of snow.
A real spring like morning with more birds than expected for this time of year up there and a nice first bird welcome with a Barn Owl quartering the Flat Moor, then disappearing beyond Slade.
Just 5 Canadas on the water and a few Herring gulls in the air all >NE whilst the compound and lagoon area held 8 Reed Bunting and 4 Stonechat. A single Raven was over the Nab.
The sky and wind were perfect for an expected move, in todays weather window, of Pink Footed Geese but nothing this morning. Ironically, around 1130 hrs I was messing about in the garage at home when Lynda opened the bedroom window and shouted, " GEESE" . I just managed to see a decent sized skein of Pinkies disappearing to the west in the direction of Ogden.
Then, early afternoon, a text from Pete Smith reporting just seeing Waxwings at Kings Cross, Halifax, at the junction of Burnley Rd and Warley Rd.
Kings Cross fire station area has always been a hotspot for Waxwings in previous years. Thanks Peter for yet another good observation.
Well, its all over now ' bar't shouting' so only New Year to get over, then we,re on our way.
BS