Fly Flats and Cold Edge

Cold Edge this morning
8 Teal came in from the north
1 Tufted Duck
1 Wheatear
1 Spotted Flycatcher in the shrubbery at Moorlands Farm but no other migrants there other than Linnets and Goldfinches

Withens Head Farm
1 Black Redstart still there - mostly on the west facing roof and chimney pots in the sunshine late morning till at least 2.30 pm when it was feeding on the east side of the farm

Fly Flats
1 Raven over
1 Peregrine over Oxenhope Moor
4 Twite at the feeding station (4 is the maximum we have found this autumn so far - there were up to 34 last year)!
Also 3 Stonechats, 2 Wheatears and 2 Grey Wagtails there

Lots of Meadow Pipits around today and House Martins are still feeding young in the nest at Wainstalls. only 2 Swallows seen today so they must have moved out from this upland area

At Lumb Cottages (on the way up to Cold Edge) there were lots of butterflies on 3 Buddleia bushes with 20+ Peacock, 15+Red Admirals, 2+Painted Ladies and a few Small Tortoiseshell - and that was just one side of the bushes!