Thursday, October 07, 2010

Ogden/Fly Flatts/Hunter Hill

We bumped into Nigel K at Ogden across lunch time and we walked up to Fly Flatts together for a really enjoyable afternoon. Nigel had just had c150 Pink-footed Geese >NW over Soil Hill.
1 f Wigeon still at Ogden
c12 L B B Gulls
1 Kestrel

Withens Head
3 Wheatears in the field opposite the wind farm car park (but they had gone when we came back)

Fly Flatts
23 Twite was a real bonus but we were unable to get any ring combinations today
2 Stonechats
1 Skylark over and a just a few Meadow Pipits about
2 Canada Geese
c12 Goldfinch
2 Kestrel
We also met Brian V who has had lots of Coal Tits moving through Paul Clough earlier and heading over the moor towards Luddenden Dean/Midgley Moor

Hunter Hill
2 Little Owls
c30 Meadow Pipits
1 Kestrel

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