Back on Osprey watch, Fly Flatts p.m.

  Getting closer to Ring Ouzel with a rare visit from a
  Mistle Thrush in the Ring Ouzel area.

                                   1pr Stonechat on the edge of the moor.

            Female Pied Wagtail, bath night.

                                   Males turn.

1500 hrs at Fly Flatts with the cold E>4 still blowing but pleasant enough and good visibility.
                                                            On arrival 11 Herring gulls and 4 LBBs were high above the water before drifting off >NW, all carefully checked for Osprey sneaking through.
                                                             Down below the west bank the pair of Stonechat were still present but very flighty and keeping their distance along with a female Wheatear which had a great skill of disappearing every time I put my eye to the viewfinder and reappearing when I picked up the bins.
An unusual find up there was a single Mistle Thrush in the Ring Ouzel area feeding below the banking. Thats a Fieldfare and a Mistle Thrush in the last couple of weeks so surely a Ring Ouzel must be next.
                     Sky watching was poor with just the usual Goldies, Lapwings and Curlews around as well as 2 Kestrel.
Cold SE > 4-5 for tomorrow so see what that comes up with.
 42 Visits to Fly Flatts this month.
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