Fly Flatts 0730-0945 hrs. Bright sunny start then improved to 80% cloud cover but wind got up to SW>6 gusting 7. Black rain clouds moving in from west by the end of the watch.
A lively morning after overnight thunderstorms with a second wave of Wheatear moved in with 6 female and one male but keeping distant out on the moorland rocks. At least 9 Common Sandpipers settling in to their summer home now getting less flighty but mainly having to stick to the west banking until the water level recedes.
Bounce back Swallows were in good numbers with around 30 low and fast over the water heading into the SW wind whilst 4 LBB gulls were on the water but the intermedius had moved on.
A pleasing morning up there despite the strong wind.
Nothing yet again in the way of Goldies in the Nolstar fields but some big Linnet and Goldfinch flocks building up.
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