High tide at Fly Flatts
Looking across to the NE
White Horses
The west nbank.
Canadas riding the high seas
1 of 4 Redshank in the Nolstar area
All 4
Blend in with the back ground apart from the legs.
Going on the old saying, One good Tern deserves another, it was back to Fly Flatts in perfect sea bird conditions but horrendous birder conditions. Luckily the increase in wind had lifted the fog to just above the turbines blowing near gale NE> 6 gusting 7 carrying a mix of drizzle, hail, sleet and snow showers horizontally across the water. A quick walk on to the west bank feeding area to get some seed down and then back to a carefully positioned car so I could stand under the shelter of the tailgate and wait for anything to fly through. A check around the feeding area failed to find me a March Wheatear so too late for one now this year, I,ll have to settle for an early April arrival.
One hours watching produced very little with the usual species present and very few fly overs in the strong wind. A single Goosander flew >N very distant making me think of a diver till I got the scope on it whilst 4 separate Herring gulls flew low over the west side of the water also heading >N.
On the way back I found all the activity around Nolstar confined to one field as noticed by DJS this morning with around 15 Skylark but probably more as they were flitting around in the hollows right at the back of the field. Also present were 15 Lapwing , 2 Golden Plover, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail and 4 Redshank, a field to keep an eye on.
Have a good Easter Sunday and go steady on those eggs. Hopefully I,ll be looking for an Easter special at Fly Flatts in the morning.
BS
