Sunday 14 September 2008

raptor roll




after the first Honey Buzzard of the morning a flock of eight Ruddy Shelduck flew west; eight must be worth a tick! then the expected Osprey turned up and stated fishing; by the end of the day there had been at least three and probably four different Ospreys through with Hobby, Peregrine, Merlin, Common Buzzard, Sparv and Kestrel; in fact it has been a raptor hot weekend as Saturday produced Marsh Harrier and 3 Buzzards on the patch and a thermal full of 3 Red Kites, 3 Marsh Harriers and 3 Buzzards at Alkborough; adding the ducks and two raptors the tally jumps to 168 for Barton and 191 for Scunny
the Ruddy flock, the juvenile Hobby hunting the dragons and one of the Ospreys

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