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Saturday 18 July 2020

Saturday 18th July 2020

Fly Flatts (Warley Moor Reservoir)
am - Eight juvenile Wheatears and a male Ringed Plover.
pm - Two Little Egrets were seen briefly as they flew south in heavy drizzle. A first for this site.


Brian Sumner                more on Brian' blog

Otley Wetland Nature Reserve

I had a brief sojourn down Otley Wetland earlier, on yet another dreary, damp July day.


Hadn't been down for a few weeks, so was rather surprised to see two Goldeneyes spending the summer. They looked like females, but this time of year, ducks are in moult, so could be a pair.


Not much else bird wise, as you'd expect in July, just a single juvenile Little Grebe (at least they bred), a few Cormorants, Oystercatchers, Lapwings and LBB Gulls, Common Sandpiper (heard only), pair of Common Tern (couldn't seen any young, although one bird was aggressive towards a Jackdaw), four Stock Doves, a few Common Swifts, the odd House Martin, and a few Reed Warblers.

John Armstrong

Soil Hill
A Grasshopper Warbler was 'reeling' in a corner of the field, next to stone circle and ruin.
Chris King