Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Ringstone / Baitings / Blackstone Edge and Whiteholme Reservoirs

Ringstone.
Met up with AT and JM for an hour or so though it was a struggle to find much in the blustery, pretty cool, westerly.
1 Great Crested Grebe
2 Tufted Duck
2 Moorhens
c40 Lapwings
2+ Linnet
A few Starlings dropped in and a few Meadow Pipits were attempting >W with quite a number also on the shoreline along with c20 B H Gulls

Baitings
1 Cormorant  - I think it was lucky to find any water !
Baitings Reservoir

Blackstone Edge
2 Wheatear on the shoreline
Raven >SW

Whiteholme
Not a wader in sight in nearly 2 hrs watch mainly with the scope. It was warmer and more sheltered than Ringstone
A few Meadow Pipits >W
Whiteholme Reservoir

2 comments:

Brian Sumner . said...

The waders are spoilt for choice this tear Dave, its just pot luck who gets them.

Bradshaw Rambler said...

A tough day there Dave.
John