West wind is the best wind, Fly Flatts.

          2 Oystercatchers new in, west bank

                  Moving across to the east bank.

                                  An amazing number of Lapwings

                                      Lapwings lining the whole of the east bank

                                       The 3rd Oyk in the boatyard.

                                 Skies full of Lapwing from the east shore.

            All the Lapwing, Stonechat and Goldie pics
               were taken into the sun hence the silhouetting.

                                                5 Golden Plover

                                    Lapwings in to land on the Flat moor.

                 2 of 3 distant Stonechat

A cracking late afternoon watch at Fly Flatts with at last a W>4, the preferred  wind up there that always livens the place up as it did today.
                                                         Two more Oystercatchers had arrived today moving between the west and east bank whilst the third bird stuck to the boat yard area.
The water held 29 Canada geese and 18 Mallard whilst the east bank was full from one end to the other with Lapwings which were very mobile and kept flying around in 2 or 3 groups with a count of
370, give or take half a dozen, an amazing sight to see as they flew round together eventually all dropping down onto the Flat Moor to roost.
                                                                 As they landed it spooked 5 Golden Plover from the moor which flew a circuit before landing again.
Still no Curlew back in the area with just the one over the hill at Leeshaw on my last visit there making them 4 days later back to Fly Flatts so far this year.
BS