Early doors at Fly Flatts in perfect conditions with 90 % cloud cover, light showers throughout on a light WSW > 4.
A lively morning although nothing out of the ordinary other than a drake Tufted duck in from last night but soon left >SW. Common Sandpipers were everywhere with 13 counted and at least 7 chicks dashing about on the shoreline like mice disappearing under the banking stones when they thought danger was near.
Just the one Dunlin but the possible 4 that are still hanging around may be breeding on the moor but no evidence of this.
A group of 15 Lapwing flew over >SW along with 3 Herring and 5 LBB gulls in the same direction whilst once again Swifts were piling through >N feeding as they went.
Luckily yesterdays downpour has,nt made any difference to the water level.
BS