Fly Flatts/Slaughter Gap.

                                           1 of 4 Common Sandpipers

                                       do you come here often.

                                                  female Pied Wagtail

                                                      reflections

                                                         female Wheatear

                                                    1 of several Kestrels

                                              Noisy Raven

Way too hot at Fly Flatts this a.m. with no breeze at all and wall to wall sunshine.
                                                          Midges and Ladybirds were a real nuisance with swarms of both throughout the watch which was cut short due to this and the weather.
                                                        At least 4 Common Sandpipers and 5 Redshank were present along with 1 Snipe, 1pr Wheatear plus the usuals.
                                                        With local Cuckoo reports coming in I walked down Slaughter Gap on the way home in hopes of Cuckoo and Ring Ouzel but neither materialized with just 4 Wheatear and 5 Golden Plover amongst a mass of Jackdaws and Lapwings.
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