Tuesday 13 March 2018

Busy day 9 x 9 and a Knot

A busy day started with taking the dog round fly flats , 3 Redshank , lots of  displaying Curlew and Lapwing around the res  a Perry a 2 Raven over . Bumped into DS for a quick chat and had some 6 Goldies , 3 Skylark and a Stonechat over.( 86 )
   Then the phone call of a grey wader at Ringstone (DF) so a quick dash to see what it was , located it and it was a winter  Knot.. Then headed to the high moors with DF and NCD...and what a day it was..

Pic D Sut..thanks

Short eared Owl x 9 (display and wing clapping a fantastic day for this species , looks like the vole population has exploded)
Hen harrier  x 9  (male briefly  + 8 ringtails watched for long periods , with the breeding season just round the corner a lot of the ringtails now all look fully winged except No3 which is still very tatty  .? The sat tagged bird was the only one not seen , so thats 10 in the last 2 visits , quite amazing )
Redshank x 1
Lapwing 60 +
Golden Plover  35 +
Skylark x 2
Curlew x 30 +
Kestrel x 6
Buzzard x 2
Sparrowhawk x 1
Fieldfare  x 200 +
Starling x 300 +
Oystercatcher x 10
Grey Partridge x 2
Raven x 1
Teal x 1

3 comments:

David Sutcliffe said...

Little Owl next Andy..!
Did you get the Knot in the field with the goldies ?

Bradshaw Rambler said...

Cool stuff Andy!
John

AndyC said...

Just brilliant at the moment.............