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| The view from my VP at Muston Sands this morning |
Another sunny morning and another opportunity seized to enjoy the expansive, sky-, sea- and landscapes of my chosen visible migration vantage point of Muston Sands.
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| The most numerous species on the move - Chaffinch - pictured here in situ |
Still, crisp, clear, cool and bright this morning as high pressure dominiates and vismig all but grinds to a halt. That said, the clue is in the name, and it doesn't mean migration stops per se; indeed the majority of activity this morning was way up in the blue, with for example Chaffinches heading south (42 in total) barely visible to the naked eye, if at all.
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| A local Peregrine enjoying the conditions. A young male headed high and north, indicating a bird on the move among the many local raptors in the skies this morning. |
Raptors consisted of lots of 'locals' up and enjoying the excellent hunting conditions - Sparrowhawks, Buzzards and Kestrels everywhere - as well as some local Peregrine action; aside from the local pair, a young male flew high and north, lost to view way over towards Scarborough, which may well have been a bird on the move.
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| Siskins bounding south |
As with pretty much everything related to the government's bungled virus interventions (or lack of), there's widespread confusion as to what is allowed regarding daily 'exercise', and specifically, if e.g. driving to a place of exercise is allowed. Yesterday it was a poorly qualified yes, today, we hear North Yorkshire Police are taking matters into their own hands and setting up check-points to prevent non-essential journeys (which seems sensible). Either way, for the moment I'm fortunate to be able to walk to my chosen place of solitude; hence making the most of it, and hence as many posts here as I can muster until such a time as regulations are tightened further.
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| Starlings are still on the move |
