Friday 31 October 2014

Thrushes everywhere

Ewden Height - 1 Jay WSW, 1 Raven. 814 Fieldfare S/SW, 324 Redwings S/SW all in one hour before it got too windy. 1 male Stonechat at Thorpe's Brow.
Barnside - 14 Mallards, 8 Red Grouse on pastureland and 8 Lapwings.
Midhope Reservoir - 30 Mallards, 1 Cormorant and 2 Jays.
Low Moor, Upper Midhope - 1 Common Buzzards, 2 Kestrels, c350 Starlings, 500+ Fieldfares, 80+ Redwings and 1 Mistle Thrush.
Whitley Edge - 115 Lapwings, 300+ Jackdaws, 150+ Carrion Crows, 3200+ Starlings and 40+ Fieldfares.
Ingbirchworth Reservoir - 94 Canada Geese, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Coots, 220+ Black-headed Gulls, 14 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, c100 Fieldfare and c70 Redwings.
Small flocks and groups of Starlings, Fieldfares & Redwings noted at several sites between the above locations.
Still no Rough-legged Buzzard!

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