Thursday, May 05, 2011

Fly Flats and Cold Edge

Grasshopper Warbler singing at Cold Edge this afternoon, as usual for this species playing more hide than seek!



Sanderling at Fly Flatts




Bar-tailed Godwit in full summer plumage at Fly Flatts



Well done to Nick for getting a good photo of the barwit this afternoon - what a bird that was. It was good to see DCB up there too and look forward to seeing some of Dave's photo's later.


As well as the waders, a real surprise was a solitary Rook passing over - a very rare sight at this location.


Around the windfarm there was still plenty of activity around the moor after the devastating fire and lots of work was being done to deter further outbreaks. Lets hope no further damage occurs as looking at the damage this will now take years to recover the wonderful heather moor.






1 comment:

Brian Sumner . said...

Good stuff with the Sanderling and Barwit. Thats a second bird for Fly, the one on Monday was not in summer plumage , possible 1st year bird.