With just over 2 hours to kill whilst Bobby was at the groomers in Pellon Lane, where better to spend it than Fly Flatts as Lynda was occupied with her sister.
Unfortunately the nice grey weather from the morning had gone by the time I arrived at Fly Flatts at 1330 hrs leaving once again clear blue skies and hot sunshine though fortunately today there was a nice welcome W>4 keeping the temperature down.
Common Sandpipers are now up to at least 11 birds which spent most of their time flying around trying to find some decent shoreline to land on whilst 5 Redshank were doing the same.
The 5 Greylags from yesterday had moved on leaving just the 2 resident birds along with Canadas which so far this year are showing low numbers.
Plenty Swallows over the water today all fast and >N but still no sign of Wheatear after the first few arrivals seemed to have moved through.
The only contenders in the sky were 11 Herring gull very high moving slowly >SW.
Otherwise it was down to the usual species.
Good to hear of 2 local summer migrants back today with a Cuckoo at Ogden, CS, through Halifax Grapevine as well as yesterdays Cuckoo at Castle Carr, DP, also through the grapevine, plus a Ring Ouzel on Soil Hill seen by Geoff Briggs.
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