Fly Flatts 0715-0945hrs.
What seemed like a good start soon materialized into a disasterous mornings birding.
On arrival there was a good grey sky with scud clouds lifting but unfortunately this soon broke into an uplands birders nightmare with brilliant blue sky and baking sunshine along with a strong W>5.
As if that wasnt enough windsurfers started arriving early taking advantage of the weather and a dog walker had his dog running along the north shore getting rid of the gulls before I had chance to get on and check them out.
On top of that I spent half an hour trying to get a lamb back into the field but try as me and another dog walker may there was no way we could get it back through the gate, it looks so easy on one man and his dog!.
Amongst all that I got a bit of birding in though the skies were empty as well as the water apart from a mass of Canada Geese.
9 Twite were at the feeding station, some being juvs, along with 1 Wheatear. 6 LBBs were briefly on the n shore before heading off >N and waders comprised of 2 Oystercatchers and 6 Common Sandpipers, one being a juv.
Left early and thought Id call at Cold Edge only to find some sort of gala there, oh well, I may pick up Nigels YL gull if I get chance to attack Soil Hill later this p.m.
BS
