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BRIAN SUMNER.
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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




Tuesday, September 9, 2025

A lively Fly Flatts

 

                                    juv Grey Partridge.


                                        juv Kestrel
                                        Willow Warbler


                                    Several Goldfinch
                                    Greenland or Intergrade Wheatear


                                    8 primary tips

A bright clear morning at Fly Flatts with 20% cloud, blue sky and sunshine on a cool SSE>2 turning S>3 at 10 degrees.
   A good start off with 16 juv Grey Partridge and 3 adults on the track down to the water along with 1 Red Legged Partridge, probably avoiding the guns from over the east ridge.
  Alive with small passerines around the shore and in the bushes along with some sky movement whilst 23 LBB and 16 Black Headed gulls were on the shore. One of 5 Wheatear stood out as a Greenland on the south shore.

Vis Mig
8 Alba Wagtail.......................>SE
56 Mipits...............................>S
18 LBB gull..........................>SE
9 Swallow.............................>S
4 Wheatear...........................Blogging
1 Greenland Wheatear..........Blogging
2 Pied Wagtail......................Blogging
c 100 Mipits........................Blogging
5 Chiffchaff........................>Blogging
1 Willow Warbler...............>Blogging

Other
16 Grey Partridge
1 Raven
2 Kestrel
c30 Goldfinch
2 Stonechat
16 Black Headed gull
23 LBB gull
4 Canada geese

A mix of showers and sunshine for morning on a moderate SSE at 10 degrees.
BS