Out and about.....highlights !

A god day for Stonechats...............

Fly Flatts - scoping from the top road in among the showers

2 Stonechats, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew, 8 Oystercatchers, 3 Reed Bunting

Withens Head - watch-point

7 Skylark, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, 62 Starling, 2 adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls >W

Cold Edge

40+ Common Gulls

Ogden

2 Barn Owls, 2 Stonechats, 3 Curlew >NE, 1 Sparrowhawk, 20 Stock Doves

Soil Hill

1 Barn Owl

Just outside Calderdale recording area, a cream crowned Marsh Harrier was a great record as it was observed and photographed heading >NW over Queensbury early afternoon (CS and DS)

Also from yesterday - 2 Whooper Swans were found on Cromwell Bottom ski-lake (MS) but they had moved on elsewhere by this morning.