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Friday, May 24, 2019

The waders keep coming. Fly Flatts. a.m./p.m.

                                           North east shoreline.
                                  looking across to the west bank
                                                     Dunlin


   South shoreline, full of Dunlin

                                    Common Sandpiper and Dunlin

                                            Dunlin SE corner.
                                          SE ponds
                                        Ringed Plovers

                                  13 Ringed plover NW corner.





                           plenty Curlew guarding chicks.


Another bright sunny day with 40% cloud cover with a moderate W>5 increasing strong W>6 by the afternoon watch.
                                                                   Another day of wader madness , especially this morning with a total count of 43 Dunlin along with 13 Ringed Plover besides the usual Common Sandpipers and Redshank. No unusual waders that I could find though the afternoon watch was very difficult with the strong wind wafting the scope and camera around.
                                                             Brilliant to see the 13 Ringed Plovers flying low over the water as well as the Dunlin though viewing was mostly very distant with strong reflections off the wet mud and heat distortion. With these conditions and the theory of birds attracting birds its only got to be a matter of time before another new species drops in.
BS