1500 hrs and pleasant to get back to Fly Flatts without the wind and fog.
Around 40 % cloud cover with blue sky and sunshine on a cold N>4
The first hour on the west bank was poor with just a LBB and a BH gull on the water and nothing on the shoreline. A steady passage of Herring gulls was going on overhead all >NW but mega high and barely visible to the naked eye.
On the walk back 4 Stonechat were on the edge of the moor beyond the feeding station but very mobile, distant, and in the sun but never the less, it was the best I,d had so far.
Back at the car for the usual 30 minutes sky watch when 3 Ringed Plovers were picked out at the south end of the east bank before they disappeared below the stony banking.
With the tackle and dogs back out of the car again I headed on into the boatyard to try pick up the trio which luckily I soon found them, with 2 further along the east bank and one on the shoreline near the boathouse but between the sun and me.
Standing in the shade of the boathouse I managed to blank out most of the sun and get some shots as it worked its way along the east banking to join the others, all 3 being juvs.
A final scan around found a Wheatear on the Robin Rock in the SW corner and then a call from DJS who had just found a second Wheatear near the Withins. On the way back I picked up a third Wheatear at Nolstar whilst a flock of around 80 Linnet, Goldfinch and Meadow Pipits were on the roadside verge.
A slow start but a cracking 2 hour session.
BS