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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Fly Flatts, Stonechats galore

                                 Don,t fence me in. 2 males
     All iffy distant shots peering into the compound



                                              female

                       Taken through a mesh wire fence

With the car back from Nissan by just after lunch it was a trip to Fly Flatts at 1445 hrs with a nice
90 % cloud cover in a strong SW>5-6 with specs of rain throughout.
                                                              A few Mipits were trickling >S whilst 2 Kestrels hovered near the wind farm, otherwise the skies were empty as well as the water.
A walk the full length of the west bank produced a few more blogging Mipits and 2 distant and flighty Stonechat down near the stream but they soon disappeared into the bracken out of the wind.
                                                                 A single Wheatear was across on the SW rocks and a few lucky Red Grouse were calling ,no doubt glad to be alive after the weekends shoot.
Back at the clubhouse boat compound at least another 6 Stonechat were present but near impossible to photograph as they darted in and out of the boats and wire fencing whilst I had to try snap them with the lens  aiming through the gate bars or through a mesh fence which made life interesting. So 8 Stonechat saved the day on an otherwise quiet session.

a.m Vis Mig, Queensbury
116 Swalows ....................>S
17 Mipits...........................>S
1 Alba Wagtail..................>SW
BS