Fly Flatts p.m. with the inconsiderate wind still blasting from the SW but slightly less than this morning and remaining dry with 50 % cloud cover and sunshine.
After a period of 1 hour walking the bank and checking the sky, water and moor I got back to the car with an empty camera with nothing in sight other than a few Canadas and Mallard but within the next 30 minutes sky watching I had 130 images in the camera.
I was luck enough to experience a blast off of Golden Plover from the flat moor giving some spectacular aerial displays lasting around 45 minutes before they dropped back onto the moor. Unfortunately they kept a distance away and were silhouetted keeping in an area between me and the low sun but a pleasing experience all the same.
Just 3 Lapwing were up with them whilst 8 Stock Doves flew low over the water in groups of 3, 2 and 3 all heading >SW, a rare bird for this area.
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