on a very grey day.
A grapevine message this morning of a single Whooper Swan on Ogden prompted me to call and have a quick look late afternoon on the way to Fly Flatts just to make sure we did,nt have a Bewicks, ! in my dreams.!
Fly Flatts was a real gloomy dank scene lying just below the cloud base and mist hanging around keeping visibility to just across the water. A very light NE>3 which isn,t forecast to increase which will probably leave the area fogged off in the morning.
No sign of Ring Ouzels despite a big influx moving through at the moment though Wheatears are slowly on the increase with at least 5 on the moor, 2 on walls below the top road and at least 2 in the Norstar field. The frog eating Heron was still present but moved to the boatyard area whilst 2 Redshank were mobile around the waters edge.
Two male Pied Wagtails were on the boat launching slope with a female Reed Bunting on the wire fence. The water held the usual Canadas and Mallards with one of the Barnacles up on the top juncus field.
A very low sky above with Snipe, Curlew and Lapwing arguing it out whilst Herring and LBB gulls were moving over continuous all >NE into the wind.
The original feeding station is doing nothing at present despite good supplies of Nyger but a new area that I,ve been keeping topped up for the last couple of months is doing slightly better holding Mipits, Skylark plus a Mallard today.
A Snipe flushed from nearly underfoot in the SW corner and Meadow Pipits were coming through in good numbers all >NE.
BS.