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These spotted\u00a0redshanks<\/strong> appear on the cover of The\u00a0Aire\u00a0Valley\u00a0Wetlands<\/em>, compiled and published by Richard\u00a0L.\u00a0Brook<\/strong> and the Wakefield\u00a0Naturalists\u2019\u00a0Society<\/strong> in 1976. I\u2019d originally drawn them for a much-delayed 1973 Bird Report<\/em>, to show autumn migrants at Horbury Wyke but Richard retained the drawing because of the Wyke\u2019s remarkable likeness to Mickletown Ings, which he considered a key wetland in the Aire Valley.<\/p>\n Richard and I had recorded four spotted redshanks at the Wyke between the 14th and 18th September, 1973. This was Yorkshire\u2019s only inland record of more than two together during the year, which saw an exceptionally good autumn passage for this wader, although Richard suspected that increased coverage might account for this, with reports coming in from Wintersett Reservoir, and from the sewage farms at Stanley, Knostrop and Heckmondwike.<\/p>\n Also shown are three ruffs in autumn plumage, the male still displaying, and a curlew sandpiper which, at that time at least, had not been recorded at the Wyke.<\/p>\n The original cover also included, in flight, two redshanks (with white wing-bars) and one spotted redshank (trailing legs).<\/p>\n Coloured version drawn on an iPad for\u00a0Wild Yorkshire Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These spotted\u00a0redshanks appear on the cover of The\u00a0Aire\u00a0Valley\u00a0Wetlands, compiled and published by Richard\u00a0L.\u00a0Brook and the Wakefield\u00a0Naturalists\u2019\u00a0Society in 1976. I\u2019d originally drawn them for a much-delayed 1973 Bird Report, to show autumn migrants at Horbury Wyke but Richard retained the … Continue reading \n![\"Aire](\"http:\/\/wildyorkshire.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/aire-valley-wetlands.gif\")
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