Rain I don,t mind, torrential rain I can contend with but torrential rain and fog is something else so after a committee meeting with me and the dogs it was voted unanimously to abandon this afternoons visit to Fly Flatts. In fact it was a struggle to even get the dogs to go out in the garden.
Vis mig over Foxhill this morning was reasonably quiet with a steady flow of Mipits >SW along with a few Swallows whilst 6 Alba Wagtails and 4 Chaffinch headed >W.
Meanwhile, to ease the doldrums heres a few of the special birds to visit Fly Flatts so far this year. :-
Greenland Wheatear
Drake Pintail in eclipse
juv Ringed Plover
juv Ruff
Regular visits of Ringed Plover
Plenty Dunlin throughout
Stonechat, a rare bird this year
5 juv Shelduck
Grey Plover
12 Ringed Plovers present at one point.
Distant juv Greenshank
Peregrine
Several Snipe
drake Common Scoter
Turnstone
A good season for juv Common Sandpiper
Marsh Harrier
Remember Swifts ? now they,re gone.
Another 4 drake Common Scoter followed by a single female
A poor year for Grouse but fortunately no shoots yet this season
juv Common Sandpiper, 18 adults present late spring
Another rare sighting this year, Golden Plover
Sanderling
Remember little yellow Mallard, only saw him one day ?
Around 8 pair of Curlews bred
A second Sanderling visit
Redshank
Buzzard and Short Eared Owl battle for air supremacy
5 Pair of breeding Reed Bunting
A spring Cuckoo
Another scarce passerine this year, Whinchat
Cherry on the cake, Red Kite
Along with Osprey in Spring.
Still waiting for an autumn bird.
A real rarity. Sandwich Tern
Whooper Swan
Shelduck
Raven
A visit from 8 Whooper Swans
And still over 3 months to go.
BS
