Dodging the fog. Fly Flatts, Nab Water Lane, Knoll Hill Moor.

            Curlew watching over her 2 chicks

                                         Common Sandpiper

                                         Alive with Dunlin

                      Not 6 Dunlin, 3 with reflections

                                    Plenty Redshank

                                             Buzzard across on the moor

            Distant Short Eared Owl through the heat haze.

                                          In comes the fog

                                    Dunlins on a misty bank

                                    Dunlins, Common Sand and Grey Wagtail

                                              A count of 14 Dunlin

                                  Fog over the west bank

Dense fog at Fly Flatts but soon cleared by 0700 hrs to leave hot sunshine, flies and midges to contend with and seeing the thick fog down in the valley I knew I was on limited time before it crept back in.
            The reservoir banking was alive with waders , the best season for a few years up here but still nothing out of the ordinary . Most of the Curlew and Redshank have chicks now so things are settling down a bit , especially with gull activity now that the goslings are getting to a safer size.
             As the fog rolled back in I headed on in front of it to check Nab Water Lane the up onto the moor beyond the Nab where a distant SEO was present along with 3 Raven but the fog once again caught up with me so it was lights out and head for home.
l4 Dunlin
12 Common Sandpiper
7 Redshank
4 Curlew
3 Snipe
8 Lapwing
1 SEO
1 Buzzard
2 Raven
2 LBB gulls
+ usual sp.
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