Sunday, August 19, 2007

Fly Flatts

Scud over the moor
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19/08/2007 0730-0930 bright start,with mist patches,heavy rain and fog by 0900hrs NNE>3

Vis Mig:-
34 Swallows ...........>SW
8 House Martins.....>SW
8 Alba Wags...........>W
3 Wheatear on deck
27 Mipits..............>W
200 + Grounded Mipits

Other :-
22 Twite, all seemed to be unringed.
+ usual sp. BS
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3 comments:

S Gray said...

Hi Brian we where on site just after 1030 , 10 Twite ringed today
all new birds and all this years young, also whinchat seen on posts down at bottom of pump house

BSUMNER said...

Good do Sean, I must have missed the Whinchat although it was hard seeing owt with rain dripping off my nose end. Lets hope the Twite are making a come back. Could you let me have the ring combies used on todays birds.? Bri

S Gray said...

left leg bright pink top/blue yellow

right leg metal

over 154 west yorkshire birds now ringed at the two new sites with 16 at flyflats and 138 at deer hill, after we left deer hill the weather must of improved as i got an email from dave pogson the guy who started feeding there and he had over 100 birds down this afternoon he tell me not many where ringed again most of the 13 birds at Deer hill where young birds , hope this trend continues