This morning - bright clear conditions with a brisk westerly. It was nice to get back up there (with permit and hi-vis jacket) now the works have been completed and the water levels rising.
A decent show of birds but no real movement. 20+ Wheatears on the mud and stone walls, 2 Whinchat, 6+ Stonechat, 3 Raven >NE, 1 Red-legged Partridge, Red Grouse calling on the moor, 80+ Meadow Pipits (blogging), 1 Pied Wagtail, a few Swallows >SW, 3 Kestrels, a Sparrowhawk that whizzed past me from behind, so close it made me jump ! Waters edge - 7 L B-b Gulls with an adult Herring Gull. Shortly afterwards, the rain came in.
Pied Wagtail
Whinchat - looks like a juvenile
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juv Whinchat is possibly the one that bred there. It keeps appearing along with a female ad.
Have,nt had Stonechat up there for a long time.
I thought they may have dropped the vis jacket bit by now.
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