Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Ogden/Fly Flats

Ogden (am) - 6 Herring Gulls >N 10 am and 1 Stonechat on Ovenden Moor.
Ogden (pm) - 1 Raven high over the golf course >NW. 250 Black-headed Gulls and 45 Common Gulls on the res'r. Usual tit flock around the res'r - no sign of the Dipper this winter as yet!
Ogden (Back Lane) Fox, 12 Siskin, m Sparrowhawk and 30 Chaffinch.

Fly Flats - Peregrine went over high and locked onto some Woodpigeons going >S. It singled out one and as it approached the Woodpigeon plummeted down (mistake!!) The Peregrine hit it in a steep dive and I watched as it killed and ate the bird on the rocks near the overflow to the res'r.

Also 2 Ravens over Nab Hill, 1 Kestrel, 13 Black-headed Gulls and a f Goldeneye on the res'r. Quite a few Red Grouse on the moor.

A pair of Stonechats by the wind-farm car park and Reed Bunting at Withens Gap.

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