Birds very scarce..... 4 Carrion Crows and Red Grouse heard. 22 Canada's at Fly Flats though there was no frozen water. Some good sunshine though it is a cold spot up there !!
Big frustration came when scanning from the top road, an interesting looking bird flitting around the the boats and always on vantage points then dashing down to the ground and back again. Immediately suspected a Black Redstart, it certainly wasn't a Stonechat. A greyish looking bird though mostly in silhouette with an obvious tail but around 100m away. Unable to get any more on the bird which was always on the move. Disaster..... grrrr no scope !!! Then I lost it.
I returned this afternoon, with the scope, stayed for over an hour along with checks at the stone pile at Slade and then Withens Head - both areas have attracted this species in the past - not a sign of anything other than a Kestrel and a single Meadow Pipit.
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