Fly Flatts.

 

                                Usual Common Sandpipers

                                    and Redshank

                                    Greylags growing well

                                    Now 7 white Greylags

                                    Plenty Swifts over

                                        1 of 4 Wheatear

                                    1 pair of Tufted over.

                                    2 Pair of Stonechat feeding young

A slightly milder morning at Fly Flatts with 80 % cloud and some sun on a light W>3 turning WSW>3 at 6 degrees.

    A good start to the morning with 2 Whimbrel high over the water heading >NW. Fortunately they were calling or they would have gone over unseen as I was sweeping the Canada goose poo off the floating jetty at the time ready for this afternoons sailing.

   Quieter on the wader scene this morning with just Common Sandpiper and Redshank with no sign of Dunlin or Plovers although I suspect that they will still be around. A single Buzzard was overhead along with several Swallows and Swifts whilst 4 Wheatear were on the west bank.

    Two pair of Stonechat are now feeding young as well as 2 pair of Pied Wagtails. Around 60 Canada goslings are present as well as around 30 Greylag goslings.

     A chance of windy and wet tomorrow with 50% chance of showers through the day on a moderate westerly at 6 degrees.

BS

    

Bitter cold and windy. Fly Flatts.

 

                                    White Horses on the water

                                    Little Ringed Plover still present

                                    Usual Common Sandpipers

                                    as well as Redshanks

                                    and Dunlins

                                        1 of 4 Buzzard >NE

                                    Gulls getting more popular

Another bitter cold morning with what felt like the coldest morning of the year up there with a biting NW>5 gusting >6 at 3 degrees. Clear skies and sunshine but clouding over mid watch.

    Near enough the same as yesterday less the Ringed Plover which failed to show but more sky movement with 4 Buzzards up together drifting >NE as well as a steady flow of Herring and LBB gulls also >NE whilst Swifts and Swallows headed directly >N.

    Just a single Wheatear this morning along with 2 Red Legged Partridge plus the usual species.

A morning of cloudy sunshine with cloud thickening late morning with a chance of light showers on a moderate westerly starting off at a milder 6 degrees.

BS

Waders Galore, Fly Flatts

 

                                        A treat for Fly Flatts, Little Ringed Plover.

                                        Ringed Plover

                                    Common Sandpiper

                                    Dunlin

                                    Redshank

                                    Oystercatchers

                                    Swifts piling through >NE

                                    11 LBB gulls on the water

                                    Single Buzzard

                                    Mobbed by Lapwing and Curlew

                             The Lapwing landed of the Buzzards wing briefly.

Another wintery morning at Fly Flatts with an icy cold WNW>4 gusting 5 with white horses on the water. Around 60% cloud with periods of sunshine at 5 degrees.

    A real wader morning today with 9 wader species, the bonus being another, or the same, Little Ringed Plover, a bogey bird for this site in the past.

1 Little Ringed Plover

1 Ringed Plover

8 Redshank

2 Oystercatchers

1 Snipe

6 Common Sandpiper

4 Dunlin

Sev Curlew

Sev Lapwing

Just 2 Wheatear hanging on as well as 3 Stonechat plus 2 Reed Buntings. A group of 11 Lesser Black Backed gulls settled on the water whilst Swifts were piling through >NE continuously.

    A Buzzard flying through the wind turbines was heavily mobbed by Curlew and Lapwing and at one point the Lapwing dropped down onto the Buzzards wing for a split second, making feathers fly.

    A cold but pleasing, hectic watch.

A light to moderate NW for morning with plenty sunshine clouding by midday. A dry morning kicking off at a cool 4 degrees.

BS