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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Bright and Breezy Fly Flatts.

        The ever growing family . This pair of Canadas are now
     looking after 30 chicks.
                                   
                           1 of 4 Redshank present
                                              New arrivals,  5 Dunlin.




    Williams  Meadow Pipits.

At last some half decent Fly Flatts type weather with a strong NE>5  at 21 m.p.h. whipping up the waves and making white horses. Only the sun to get rid of now with just 10 % cloud cover but feeling good in the cool wind.
                                    Some decent small areas of shoreline showing now with wader numbers increasing. Other than the usual Common Sandpipers 5 Dunlin were new in since yesterday with the 2 Oystercatchers still present on the east shore.
A single Ringed Plover was by the boathouse but quickly flushed by a Common Sandpiper before I could get the camera on it although it only went further up the east banking so may get another chance of it yet. This is possibly one of the same birds  previously seen.
                                   Also 4 Redshank are around the southern end with more to the north. If the water continues to drop we may have a good wader display this year, hopefully like the one in May 2011.
Has anyone ever seen a situation with Canada geese like the one at Fly Flatts at the moment. The first time I saw this pair of Canadas they had 17 chicks and these have built up to 30 today with no other Canadas present . Plenty Canadas up the north end all with 4s and 5s in tow so where are all the chicks appearing from ? The 6 Greylag young are already half grown and looking less vulnerable but the Mallards seem to have lost all 9 ducklings now. Every visit 1 or 2 of these ducklings could be seen paddling out into the middle of the water which is not a good move with LBB gulls present.
                                                         Nothing in the clear blue skies other than Lapwings and Curlew whilst a few Snipe were chipping in the top fields.
BS