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in reply to: Yellow Wagtails & Clouded Yellow butterflies #6093

5 Clouded Yellow butterflies and 5 Yellow Wagtails, with PW + Painted Ladies, Red Admirals and lots of Small Tortoiseshell and countless Common Blue and White’s.

3 Buzzard, 2 Wheatear, 8 Little Egret, a Mediterranean Gull

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6084

3 Yellow Wagtails this morning.

2 Male Clouded Yellow butterflies along the path from Bank End CP to Cockerham Sands CP. Along with 73+ Small Tortoiseshell butterflies, a few Paints and Red Admiral, Common Blue, assorted White and Dragonflies

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6079

4 Yellow Wagtail this morning.

33 Pied Wagtails and 7 Mipits feeding on the Saltmarsh.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6076

Just 2 Yellow Wagtail today 1 very yellow and the other quite pale.

Few Pied Wagtails. Still hundreds of Greylag geese flying in to roost

Andrew

Slight typo….. Thanks Bill.

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in reply to: Bank End #6072

5 Yellow Wagtail this morning around 0930, then disappeared for over an hour and a half, then a maximum of 2 seen together but exceedingly flighty.

5 Raven over SE and calling.

Several hundreds of Greylag geese coming from inland to roost.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6066

6 Yellow Wagtail this afternoon, two very yellow female and 4 with less yellow in their plumage.

17 Pied Wagtails and 30 Linnets and 7 Little Egret.

Novelty value : 3 Barnacle Geese, assumed Feral.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6059

9 Yellow Wagtail seen this morning, a Male and 2 females, 6 juveniles with varying degrees of yellow plumage.

44 Pied Wagtails, 40 Linnets and 2 Meadow Pipits, the first of the Autumn here.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6056

11 Yellow Wagtail today, including 2 lovely Males.

1 Wheatear, 31 Pied Wagtails and 40 Swallows.

Andrew

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in reply to: Yellow Wagtails Bank End #6044

Follow Hillam Lane Cockerham until you run out of road. You will see the sheepon the Saltmarsh and hopefully some Wagtails.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6039

1 Yellow Wagtail this morning.very
Windy and the sheep were a long way away, 5 Pied Wagtails.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6037

A very nice Male Yellow Wagtail with 2 Females and 3 Juveniles.

15 Pied Wagtails.

Usual Starling flock.

Andrew

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in reply to: Yellow Wagtails #6030

8 Yellow Wagtails this morning, varying degrees of yellow plumage.
33 Pied Wagtails

2 Marsh Harrier, they looked identical, fem/juve, and were hunting together.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6019

7 Yellow Wagtails this morning, seen in 1 scope sweep, highest total this Autumn, all very yellow and easy to pick out.

33 Pied Wagtails and 1 standout White Wagtail, very clean plumage.

60 Swallows, lots landing on the Saltmarsh and tide wrack, picking off insects.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6014

2 Yellow Wagtail this morning.

29 Pied Wagtails and c90 Swallows feeding around the farms.

50 Linnets feeding on the Saltmarsh seeds.

2 Black headed Gulls, near the sea Bank looked like they had drifted in with tide, no obvious injuries, probably bird flu.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #6010

3 Yellow Wagtails this morning, 2 with lots of yellow plumage and 1 with very little.
35 Pied Wagtails
High tides will cover the road to the farm and much of the Saltmarsh for the rest of this week.

Andrew

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in reply to: Yellow Wagtails at Bank End #5975

Only a single adult female Yellow Wagtail seen today, and 11 Pied Wagtails.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #5954

2 Yellow Wagtail this morning, 1 with lots of yellow plumage and the other had very little yellow plumage.

Lots of Starlings, Pied Wagtails and Linnets.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #5947

2 Yellow Wagtail this morning, definitely not yesterday’s birds, these had a lot of yellow plumage.

19 Pied Wagtails.

Andrew

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in reply to: Bank End #5942

2 juvenile Yellow Wagtail today, at a very pale plumage stage, they look like they have had a boil wash, not seen this stage this year.

29 Pied Wagtails and 20 Linnets, some Males still in FSP.

3 Swift feeding over the Saltmarsh.
Still a massive flock of Starlings.

Andrew

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in reply to: Yellow Wagtails #5911

Only 1 Juvenile Yellow Wagtail
35 Pied Wagtails

A female Clouded Yellow butterfly landed on some Fleabane for a minute or so, very nice, then flew off strongly to the north

Andrew

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in reply to: Yellow Wagtails #5907

A rather soggy looking juvenile Yellow Wagtail today.
14 Pied Wagtails

23 Swift feeding between Jogger Hill and Patty’s Barn.
Lots of Swift all over the place today.

Andrew

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in reply to: Yellow Wagtails #5897

Just a single juvenile Yellow Wagtail today.
Pied Wagtail 19
Assorted Swallows and House Martins feeding over the farm buildings and adjacent Saltmarsh.
30 House Sparrow around the farm buildings.

Andrew

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in reply to: Fluke Hall #5407

Tuesday 26th, 2 Wood Warblers, found by Paul Ellis, and I saw both of them, thanks to Paul.

The Wood Warbler in Rose Cottage wood was still showing well at 1330, when I left.

Also 9 Wheatears on Saltmarsh.

Andrew

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in reply to: Yellow Wagtails Bank End #3876

Morning visit 17 degrees, cloudy.

2 Yellow Wagtails, juveniles, seen together.

67 Pied Wagtails, my biggest count this Autumn, 2 Sparrowhawk trying to get them for breakfast.1 Wheatear.

Andrew

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in reply to: Yellow Wagtails Bank End #3864

Afternoon visit 22 degrees.

3 Yellow Wagtail, juves, but 1 much more Yellow than the other 2.

59 Pied Wagtails and 2 Wheatear.

Andrew

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