Friday, September 12, 2008

Ringstone - Norland - Ringstone

Well no sign of the Wryneck but an unbelievable movement of Swallows, when I got to Ringstone about 12.30 there were 12 Widgeon,3 Great c Grebes, grey heron,2 Stonechat,10 greenfinch,20 Golfinch and 20+ Linnet .Then I noted about 400 Swallows low over the north field mainly Swallows with a few house Martins these moved off s/w then about 300 were over the water mainly Juveniles and House Martins,then the call from Nick about the Wrrryneck so I shot off to Norland every field had Swallows hunting just above the ground ,,Norland Moor was also thick with Swallows and Meadow Pipits.Its difficult to put a total on it but I would say at least 2000+ Swallows,100 House Martins and 300/400 Mipits all moving in front of the bad weather heading s/w.Good Stuff

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