Fly Flatts at 1445 hrs in terrible conditions with a strong SW>6 and several torrential horizontal rain showers.
A pair of Stonechats were by the lagoon as I arrived but very flighty and disappeared after the first heavy shower. Seven Canadas were in the boat yard along with a single Barnacle goose which was the larger of the 3 that were present in 2017 and looked like the one that hung around last year with the smaller yellow leg ringed bird having a distinctive face shape which always looked chubbier cheeked than the other two. I don,t think that chubbier cheeked is true birding lingo but you,ll see what I mean from the photo.
The Barnacle left with 3 Canadas towards Cold Edge during a particularly heavy downpour but returned 15 minutes later on its own landing at the north end of the water.
BS