The north coast of Fly Flatts.
A late afternoon 2 hour out starting at Mixenden res where power grid were doing electric cables so on to Cold Edge Dams where a digger was working at the bottom end and ski boats were on the top dam, move on again to old faithful Fly Flatts.
Luckily the day and a half of summer has ended so the skies were busier again although its gone from one extreme to the other with a gale force W>7 gusting 8 and light rain showers and drizzle coming across the moor with some intervals of sunshine.
The wind down by the water was so strong it was difficult to stand ,let alone take photos, with a very bad silhouetting light.
LBB gulls were coming through >W into the wind , some checking out the moor for chicks or eggs, whilst others drifted very high and effortless into the gale.
Two Redshanks were mobile with a juv which was now flying well after I,d been thinking they,d missed Fly Flatts this year so must have just been lying low whilst breeding.
A single Oystercatcher was on the marshes whilst 2 Dunlin came skimming past low before dropping into the tall grass near the water.
Several male Reed Buntings were present as well as around 100 Canada geese all sheltering on shore.
On the way back a Kestrel was hovering at eye level but in the sun otherwise I could have got a stonking shot and 7 Golden Plover were at Hunter Hill.
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