Fly Flatts 0700-1000hrs Strong to gale force WNW>6-7 easing by 0900 to W>4-5 Early showers.
Despite the strong wind the sky was good with just a few breaks allowing the blue and sunshine through briefly.
Swifts were the birds of the day piling through >S whilst just 2 LBB gulls headed >W.
Common Sandpipers were still standing their ground even though all the usual nest sites were well under water. The water level is at an all time high up to the cobbled banking top and over onto the footpath in places. Even the boat jetty is part submerged which is usually high above the water.
2 Wheatear
1 Redshank
1 Oystercatcher
6 Common Sandpiper
2 LBB gulls >W
100+ Swift >S
300 + Canadas.
8 Curlew
Sev Meadow Pipits and Skylark.
No twite and no Chats.