Back to Fly Flatts for a quick afternoon check which is now a waiting game for things to move which is slowly beginning to happen.
A big improvement on the rain and fog from this morning with 80% cloud cover and good visibility but a very strong SW>5 gusting 6 whilst remaining dry.
It shows how strong the wind was as even the hardy sailors had headed to shore and dropped sail by the time I arrived which was early for them.
A walk the full length of the west bank failed to re locate the Ringed Plover from this morning and just produced a Common Sandpiper and the 3 Teal as well as the usual species on the water.
Only 1 Lesser Black Backed tonight with around 30 Black Headed whilst 4 Kestrels were in the air together over the west bank.
With only 2 days left of July now and still no Fly Flatts Wheatear sighting, or anywhere else local for that matter , its looking like the first returner will be an August bird with the juvs first through followed by the adult birds all in autumn plumage with male and female looking alike.
BS