1500 hrs at Fly Flatts on a drier day than yesterday with a moderate W>5 at 19.7 mph with light drizzle throughout and dark clouds making my idea of good conditions. As I was leaving at 1630 hrs the fog and heavier drizzle was piling over the moor from the west.
A complete clear out of both Wheatears and waders despite an intense scope around 360 deg of shoreline. Several Black Headed gulls but just the 1 big gull which I,m putting as a 1st year LBB unless I,m told differently , leaving the bird of the day as Snipe with up to 8 present, mainly along the south coastline . Pleasing that Big Bertha 2 could get some photos in the dark skies and at distance as its very rare to find them on the shoreline out in the open, at this location anyway.
Otherwise it was down to the 2 female Tufted and 8 young which are near full grown now and should be ready for flying shortly, plus 4 female Mallard, 5 Teal, 2 Kestrel and a single Red Legged partridge along with the 2 resident Barnacles and a lowering number of Canada geese, one of which was dead on the south shoreline.
BS