1530 hours and heavy mist and drizzle , which to me is Wader/Tern moving weather, so up to Fly Flatts in the hope that it would be clear enough to bird.
On arrival the cloud was low but enough visibility to see across the water with a slight SE>3 and light drizzle, perfect, bring on the Terns.
No Terns unfortunately but plenty activity to keep the interest flowing. Another bag of seed down at the station which produced 4 Meadow pipits and a Pied Wagtail feeding there plus more evidence of Canadas after the seed.
Back up at the water gulls were moving through >E all low over the water, each one checked for Tern with several Black Headed gulls amongst them.
A walk full length of the west bank just produced Common Sandpipers and Redshank plus 2 Snipe fly overs.
Back at the SE corner more Common Sandpipers and 3 Oystercatchers near the boathouse. By this time, 1730hrs, the skies were clearing with even a touch of sun coming out giving me chance to scope the moors and wall tops with found me a single Wheatear a good distance away.
The Nolstar field on the way home held 6 Golden Plover at the far end of the field.
6 Herring gull..................>E
11 LBB gull....................>E
4 BH gull........................>E
9 Common Sandpiper
2 Redshank
3 Oystercatchers
Swallow and Swifts..........>NE
Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
m Reed Bunting
Sev Canadas and Greylags with young
+ usual moorland sp.
Nolstar
6 Golden Plover
3 Curlew
1 m Blackbird.
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