Monday, May 24, 2010

Fly Flats/Withens Head

Fly Flats this afternoon
Waders present - Lapwing, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Golden Plover, Redshank, Oystercatcher along with Reed Bunting, Pied Wagtail and 1 Red Grouse chick seen
No Twite again - where are they (?)

Withens Head
1 Wheatear - probable Greenland (maybe) from its size and buff/orange on the breast (?)

Cold Edge Road
The fields along Cold Edge Road (Withens Road) are a traditional area for juvenile Starlings post fledging - about 100+ today and I guess numbers are likely to increase significantly in the next week or two. A Sparrowhawk took one of them from a flock in the field at Withens Head this afternoon opposite the former Withens pub.

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