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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, October 7, 2025

A lively Fly Flatts

                                    1 of 2 Wheatear
 

                                    Skein of 75 Pinkies >E


                                    Disappearing into the mist.
                                    Pied Wagtail
                                    Features of Greenland Wheatear
                                    1 of 6 Stonechat.

A clear sky to start with but deteriorating as the morning went on with low cloud and mist coming over from the west on a moderate WSW>5 gusting 6 at 10 degrees, with light drizzle showers.
    Another of those brisk, damp reservoir friendly mornings with quite a bit of activity going on both in the sky and on the deck though the gull roost has now gone with their northern shore under water and only a small amount of exposed shore in the SE corner.
    A skein of 75 Pink Footed geese went overhead, very high and >E whilst several Mipits, gulls and Reed Buntings headed >SW.
   A single Tufted was on the water along with 7 Canada geese and 2 Greylags. At least 6 Stonechat were present along with 2 Pied Wagtails with a distant Buzzard, Raven and Kestrel in the air.
A near miss for Fly Flatts this morning with 11 Whooper Swan on nearby Ogden Reservoir reported by 
MM via DJS. None present on Cold Edge Dams or Mixenden as I drove past.
    A bright morning of sunshine and some cloud on a light westerly at 10 degrees.
BS