Wildfowl on the move and picturesque Fly Flatts.

With just short of 1 hour to spend birding by late afternoon following a hectic grand daughters outing earlier I headed for Ogden after a tip off from DP reporting 6 Shelduck on Oxenhope reservoir.
                                                               In the past I,ve done well for Shelduck at Ogden but not today but after checking the usual gulls etc I spotted 2 black dots right in the centre of the water and in silhouette conditions. It was obvious from the size of them that they were Teal which I was expecting any day now and hopefully the numbers will increase. A different vantage point in slightly better light and stretched to full zoom I managed a couple of record shots. Its good to know that wildfowl are beginning to move. Thanks to DP for the info.

               1pr Teal, a nice autumn bird for Ogden.

A few shots of Fly Flatts in her Sunday best, you won,t catch her like this so often.

                                      The Nab

      Looking back  south

                Bad cloud formation for picking out the birds

                                     Looking along the west bank south

                                       Dean Head reservoir

                           Twite feeding station. Will keep laying seed until October.
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