as opposed to 4 thick bars on SEO. Barring on primaries continue onto
secondaries and heavy streaking on belly( photo below). Looked wrong for SEO
more gingery colour on primaries.
Could'nt get underwing or eye colour but eye looked dark,
not yellow.
Usual Common Sandpipers
and Ringed Plovers
Several Lapwing chicks
Pied Wagtail taking food back to nest site.
Raven mobbed with Crow and Curlew.
Another decent morning at Fly Flatts with full cloud and darker clouds moving over, on a S>3 with drizzle and rain showers at 7 degrees. Heavy constant rain and losing visibility by 0945 hrs.
A good start off with the above owl on my way to Fly Flatts and plenty to see throughout the watch though still waiting for another special bird, but with water levels as they are and more rain to come I think it highly unlikely I'll be getting much in the way of waders.
A Grey Wagtail was gathering food along with the annual Pied Wags whilst several Swallows and Swifts were overhead. House Martins are back at their annual nesting location at the top of Whitegate with several over Mixenden reservoir as I drove past.
One of two Ravens were getting mobbed by a Crow and Curlew as it flew over with a beak full of food.
A possible half decent start to the morning again on a moderate westerly but rain and probable fog moving over from 0900 hrs onward.
1 LEO
3 Ringed Plover
5 Common Sandpiper
1 Oystercatcher
1 Redshank
9 LBB gulls
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Pied Wagtail
Sev Swallows and Swifts
2 Raven
1 Reed Bunting
1 Buzzard
+ usual sp.
BS