Fly Flatts 0645-0800hrs Heavy showers throughout then rain and mist by 0800hrs. Cold WNW>4
Ogden 0830-0945hrs Dry and bright, slight W>2
A miserable morning at Fly Flatts finally having to be aborted at 0800hrs due to thick mist rolling across the moor and settling over the water. Skies were quiet and the water was full of Canadas but sadly , as expected, no Scoters which seem to arrive in the evening and have gone by morning. Meadow Pipits are now flocking ready to start moving though several are still carrying food. The water level is still extremely low despite all the rain so things are looking good for the autumn.
Ogden was better weather wise with cloudy skies and little breeze. Several Swifts were moving over >W, another few weeks and they,ll be gone, whilst the wood was very quiet with no Warblers seen around the waters edge. A single Oystercatcher was sleeping on the western shore and BH gull numbers are increasing with only one LBB present briefly along with 1 Common gull.
Fly Flatts
3 LR Plover
2 Ringed Plover
1 Oystercatcher
4 Common Sandpiper
1ad + 3 juv Wheatear
300 + Canadas
Mipits everywhere
1 Hare.
Ogden
12 Canadas
16 BH gulls
1 Common Gull
1 LBB Gull
1 Oystercatcher
several Swifts >W
BS
