Poor conditions for movers today with a light SE>3 and wall to wall sunshine showing only 20% cloud cover.
No waders present despite an intensive search of all the shorelines and pools with just the usual wildfowl including 9 Teal. Several gulls were present with 5 LBBs, 1 juv Herring and 15 BHGs.
The west bank was alive with Mipits whilst a family party of Stonechats were down by the feeding station along with at least 2 Whinchat present but all at distance on the west moor and in the sun and heat shimmer.
August Summary.... I made 35 visits to Fly Flatts during August with waders present 23 days of the month, these being :-
Grey Plover
Golden Plover
Curlew
Lapwing
Snipe
Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Dunlin
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Sanderling
Whimbrel
Redshank
All thanks to YW for draining the reservoir. Hopefully there will be more to come in September.
BS