A walk this morning on my local patch produced a good count of Common Scoter. Blackstone Edge,6 Common Scoter..4 Males,2 Female. Warland 14 Common Scoter,12 Males,2 Female Whiteholm 9 Common Scoter,9 Males Cheers Alan
3 Whinchats and 2 Stonechats around the compound by the White House pub nr Blackstone Edge Res'r this afternoon - thanks to Steve Atkins for finding them
I took a friend of mine a local bird watcher to see my local patch this morning,in about two hours of near fruitless birding we were pleased to record a splendid Dark phase Arctic Skua.We picked the bird up flying into the strong North-East wind.This is my second record for this species the other record from Hollingworth about Twenty years ago.Cheers Alan