With 2 hours to kill whilst 2 of the dogs were getting groomed up Pellon Lane where better to head than Fly Flatts.
1330 hrs and ideal conditions with 100% grey cloud cover and light drizzle on a light W>4, bring on the Black Terns, in my dreams.
The west and SE shorelines were alive with waders with more Dunlin there than I,ve seen for a lot of years. They were everywhere you looked dashing about like mice on the shoreline. Several were flying to and from the moor ,possibly breeding.
A breeding success for Redshank with a chick running along the shoreline before disappearing into thin air before I could get a shot whilst LBB and Herring gulls were pestering the life out of Lapwings and Curlews obviously on chick watch.
What an amazing spring/summer season this is turning out to be at Fly Flatts.
6 LBB gull
4 Herring gull
5 Curlew
8 Common Sandpiper
7 Redshank
11 Dunlin
2 Snipe
1 Oystercatcher
2 m Reed Bunting
+ usual sp.
Next stop Ogden 1630 hrs
1630 hrs and the dogs needing a walk after being sat under a hair dryer part of the afternoon so how could I refuse them a visit to Ogden!!
The water is ridiculously low making photos hard with the shoreline being so far away plus I only took the 300mm lens with me not expecting much,
Again waders made the visit with 1 Oystercatcher present along with 2 Common Sandpipers and a rarity for here with 3 Redshank along the east shore. A single Oystercatcher was present along with a sub adult Herring gull.
3 Redshank
2 Common Sandpiper
1 Oystercatcher
1 m Tufted
3 LBB gulls
1 Herring gull
1 BHG gull
+ usual sp.
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