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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Back to Fly Flatts.

 

                              A good start to the morning,  'The Dyke' at sunrise.
                                        2 Ring Necked Parakeets

                                    Single Oystercatcher

                                    Barn owl quartering the fields







Another decent morning with 60% cloud and some sunshine on a milder S>4 at 4 degrees.
   On the way through Mixenden I managed to pick up two of the elusive Ring Necked Parakeets which have evaded me for quite some time.
    Fly Flatts was passable this morning with the Oystercatcher still present as well as a single Barn Owl and Buzzard along with 2 Raven over the quarry.
   A male Stonechat was on the wire fence over on the Flat Moor along with a couple of Red Grouse whilst 23 Fieldfare headed high and >NE.
   Nothing exciting on the water other than a building number of Canada geese and Mallards, plus 3 Greylag over low towards Cold Edge Dams.
    Talking of Cold Edge, the top dam, Haigh Cote, is either leaking again or being drained and at a low level with a mass of muddy shoreline showing which, this morning, was full of gulls. This is going to be a wader hotspot in the coming months if the situation does,nt change.
    Wet tomorrow on a light NE so a good chance of fog.
BS