Fly Flatts this morning was pleasant apart from the sun with a nice cool W>4 making the area much livelier though nothing other than the usual. No Barnacle geese present but 3 Oystercatchers and the single Mipit were still around.
With plenty shoreline now and ACs Ringed Plover I,m now on wader watch as well as water watch and sky watch.
On the way to Fly Flatts, as always I checked Mixenden and Cold Edge for Whoopers with nothing on either but I always check them on the way back also which I was about to do when a call from Dave Wetherell pipping me at the post reporting 8 Whoopers on Mixenden reservoir.
With the dogs on tow I couldnt go into the reservoir grounds so I drove past and viewed them from the top of Whitegate which is about a mile away but a good vantage point where I can check the res daily as I pass so managed to get some distant shots on full 960mm thanks to Big Bertha.
Hopefully the westerlies will keep up, bringing them to this side of the ridge.
Thanks to DW for the call.
BS