WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING: The heat is on, Fly Flatts

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING. BRIAN SUMNER. I am based at Queensbury and bird a patch within a 10 mile range of home incorporating 16 stretches of water, several plantations, a belt of woodland, stretches of river and canal and good areas of moorland. I specialize in upland birds, reservoir and sky watching. My local patch is Fly Flatts reservoir. Any reports can be sent by text or call to 07771 705024 or see profile for e mail address. All images on this blog are copyright.(2025).

WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING

BRIAN SUMNER.

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NOTE !!

No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.

BS

Thursday, July 10, 2025

The heat is on, Fly Flatts

Gulls starting to use the Wainstalls football pitch

Single juv returning Wheatear.

Common Sandpiper and Mipit photobombing.

Several Pied Wags, mostly juvs.

Unusual visitor, Grey Wagtail

1 pr Stonechat + 3 juvs

Too hot this morning at 16 degrees on a very light W>2-3 with 20% cloud and plenty sun. Thick fog down in the Aire Valley .

A much quieter morning with a single Common Sandpiper being the only wader found whilst 4 LBB and 2 Black Headed gulls were on the water.

A couple of unusual visitors for this site were a Grey Wagtail and a Sparrowhawk and a pair of Stonechat with 3 juvs were in the top field.

Best of the bunch this morning was a returning juv Wheatear briefly in the SE corner.

Not looking forward to tomorrow with a start temp of 18 degrees getting up to 27 after midday with full sun and very light N Westerly.

BS.