With a vet visit pending for Pippa I was left with just 30 minutes to check over Fly Flatts but adequate to know I was,nt missing anything.
A decent S>4 was blowing but only 30 % cloud cover and back to the dreaded heat, stopping photography dead with tons of heat shimmer.
The south shore held several Lapwings and Black Headed gulls plus 1 Common Sandpiper whilst the west bank was void of waders. Several gulls and Lapwings were scattered along the east shoreline whilst the north banking held the 3 Teal and the Tufted with its 4 young . Suddenly the 4 local Kestrels started dive bombing something on the banking which I put down to 2 local Crows until I picked up 2 bright yellow legs and there against the dark background was a brown juvenile Peregrine.
The distance was far too great in the heat and with no time to get further along the banking Bertha had to do the best she could for some record shots as it took off over the moor.
The bird had a red ring on its left leg if anyone has any knowledge of ringers around the area.
Empty skies and still no Wheatears but from now anything can turn up.
BS