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Friday, April 24, 2026

Up above the clouds. Fly Flatts.

 

                                    A cloudy Calderdale from Perseverance Road.

                                From Fly Flatts
                                    6 Common Sandpiper present.

                                    8 Redshank





                                    2 pair of breeding Pied Wagtails
                                    Single Oystercatcher

                                    Low count of Mipits this year
                                    2 Pair Reed Bunting
                                    14 Wheatear


Luckily for me, the overnight fog dropped into the valleys by 0500 hrs blanking out the Aire valley to the east and Calderdale to the west. Thick fog as I drove through Mixenden but Fly Flatts had full clear blue skies and sunshine on a very light SE>2 at 3 degrees.
     A few more arrivals of Common Sandpiper with at least 6 present along with 8 Redshank and just a single Oystercatcher with Dunlin imminent in the next few days.
   Still plenty Wheatear with at least 14 around the southern end of the water whilst 2 pair of Reed Bunting were around the lagoon area. The only sky movement this morning was several Swallows >NE.
  At last, in the morning the wind is very light and from the west with a bright sunny day with some milky skies making it slightly hazy at a start temp of 8 degrees. Bad news is, the light wind is back from the east on Sunday.
BS