0800 hrs at Fly Flatts in sunshine and not a breath of wind making me prepare for an early finish but the birding god was watching over me and within 15 minutes the sky was clouded over and a light SE>3 made it more pleasant.
1500hrs up there was a mix of sunshine and cloud with a decent SE>4 blowing keeping it cool so luckily both watches took place when I was expecting the afternoons at least to be abandoned.
As expected in the conditions, birding was poor , with only the Common Sandpipers moving around whilst everything else slept it out with only 1 Ringed Plover and 1 Dunlin being located. Just a handful of big gulls today with 4 Black Headeds together on the east bank where even the Canadas had their heads down along with 2 Barnacles.
A development today at the Pied Wagtail nest where there was no birds around but I later located them on the ponds with a newly fledged bird being fed on the shoreline whilst the other juv was close by. I thought it must be on a second brood but one juv was out a few days earlier than the other so now we have 1 pair with 2 juvs.
Interestingly whilst I was watching this going on one of the Grey Wagtails from up there appeared along with a juv so the Grey Wags have also bred.
Hopefully, a bit of rain tonight, which will save me watering the garden, then a forecast of lower temperatures and cloudy for tomorrow on a moderate W>5, thats enough summer for one year.
BS