A pleasant hour at Fly Flatts up to last light with slightly improved conditions with a moderate
SW > 5 , 50 % broken cloud cover and some sunshine extending the daylight to 1610 hrs when the sun was almost set.
Nothing out of the ordinary bird wise with 20 Golden Plover on the east bank as well as 4 Mallard and 2 Teal. A Buzzard flew >N over the west ridge closely followed by a mixed flock of around 100 Fieldfare and Redwing whilst a single Herring gull headed >NE.
Another bag of Nyjer seed down in hopes of an exotic Bunting , Lark or Twite before they head off to the coast for winter.
With daylight now poor and quiet skies I headed across to the boatyard to get some shots of a beautiful sunset although Big Bertha is not really the lens for these sort of shots. Its surprising how many cars stop on the top road and jump out with their phones for a photo of the amazing skies as the sun drops below the horizon. This view from Fly Flatts must be the 9th wonder of the world, the 8th wonder of the world being Lyndas home made rice pudding .
A cold wintry spell promised for next week which hopefully will get us out of this birding lull.
BS