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brian


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Mild and damp 1700 hrs to dusk.

Curlew 8 some displaying.

Lapwing several pairs.

Snipe two pair flushed.

Kestrel one hunting

Canada Goose five pair.

Mistle Thrush four.

Pheasant 10+ mostly female.

Redwing flock of 12.

Teal pair on small pond with a single Moorhen.

Blackbirds and Robins everywhere.

Crows, Rooks, Jackdaws plenty.

Constant overhead Gull passage including some Lesser Black- backed.

Several Chaffinch, Goldfinch and a nice flock of 17 Greenfinch.



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David Nuttall


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Hi Brian,

I was up there 18:00-20:00 too but we must have gone opposite routes!

Good to see so many Curlews about and I thought between 3 & 5 pairs so very similar.

The only things I can add were a little lower down the valley and were:

 

Stock Dove, flock of 4 over the old turf fields,

Skylark, c8 singing birds,

Meadow Pipit, c20 with a flock of 5 heading north,

Pied Wagtail, 3,

Jay, pair,

Linnet, 2 as I was dropping off Harden Moor towards Ridshaw.

Regards,

David.

 



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brian


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Hi David,

I parked at Ridshaw [Black Hyundai 4x4] at 1700 hrs walked up Bury old road skirted Fletcher bank over the moor and back down to Ridshaw, I can only assume that you were always out of sight as I saw just one jogger.

The strange thing is I saw no Meadow Pipits, and that was one reason I went as there has been large numbers coming in all week, it just proves how unpredictable Birding is !. 



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