Fly Flatts 0715-1000hrs SE>3-4 Grey cloud to the west , cloud and sun to the east.
A first sign of movement with 5 Skeins of Canadas over from the north heading >S and only around 30 left on the water.
Meadow Pipits were on the move first thing but this soon fizzled out as the blue sky came over and from then on any movement was to the distant west.
A very flighty Common Sandpiper dropped in on the banking before moving off >SW and 2 very distant Buzzards were moving in the same direction way out to the west.
A single f Merlin flew low over the moor >S after I missed a shot at it on a post near the feeding station ,which despite putting plenty nyger down, remained empty.
Several Red Grouse had moved to the south side of the moor after yesterdays shoot and 31 Wheatears were counted but no Greenlands.
Plenty Swallows were heading through but no Swifts this morning.
A good scan around the farm for Black Redstart produced nothing but amazingly the farmhouse roof held 7 Mipits, 12 Starling, 2 Linnet and 2 Pied Wagtails.
MOVERS.
76 Canada Geese.............................>S
123 Meadow Pipit...........................>NW
2 Buzzard........................................>SW
1 Merlin...........................................>S
1 Common Sandpiper......................>SW
c 150 Swallows...............................>SE
OTHER
14 Red Grouse
31 Wheatears............blogging
30 Canadas
1 Oystercatcher
2 Black Headed gulls.
BS