Saturday 30th May a.m.
Fly Flatts
I started early making most of some dry sunny morning conditions & headed for Fly Flatts where it was feeling cold at just 5°C.There were good numbers of
Canadas plus a
Greylag was seen &
Lapwings were making plenty of noise as they flew above me as I went down the path to the water. The path was waterlogged in places & very boggy in parts too so I was pleased I opted for my Wellies which kept my feet dry.Also overhead was a pair of
Redshanks which again didn't seem happy by my presence, also in this area were a couple of
Oystercatchers.As I walked along the banking I saw three
Common Sandpipers & on the fencing below was a
Reed Bunting.Along here the wind was blowing strongly & feeling the chill I soon headed back seeing
Curlew & a
Wheatear.
Leeshaw
I headed down to Leeshaw for a quick visit getting close views of a couple of vocal
Curlew, others being
Lapwing,Common Sandpiper,House Martin,Swallow,Swift & Pied Wagtail.N.P.
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| Redshank |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Lapwing |
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| Wheatear |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Curlew |
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| close view of Curlew at Leeshaw |
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| Fly Flatts 30/5/15 |
Great flying Curlew & Redshank photos.
ReplyDeleteJohn
Thanks John, they came so close it was hard to miss them even with the bridge camera.
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