Fly Flat Reservoir 31-03-2008

0900 - 1100hr

Very pleasant morning at Fly Flatts - light SSW winds and became quite warm as the sun rose.Visibility into Lancs.

 

Birdwise, the most pleasing feature was the not stop calls of the moorland birds - curlew, golden plover, mipits, skylarks, snipe, canada geese - great what a bit of sunshine will do.

 

Many mipits on territory & displaying like mad. Also mipits flying through - viz:

 

Meadow Pipits - circa 40 North - steady flow all morning.

 

Skylarks - 5 south over res.

 

Carrion Crows - a noticeable movement high and South all morning - circa 35.

 

Others :

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

 

AFTERNOON from house in Oxenhope

 

circa 100 Fieldfare over house blogging

1 - Redshank over house toward Leeshaw

 

Cheers

 

Howard.