for flying at last after miraculously avoiding Gulls Peregrines
and Weasels.
A day of good conditions with a moderate NW>4, good visibility and torrential rain showers.
You could almost smell Terns in the air today but looking like another Tern less year. Swifts were moving well, between the showers, all head down in migration mode >S with around 150 counted. Wader wise, 2 new arrivals were hard to find in the distant SW corner which I were hoping were Green Sand until I scoped them to find they were Commons. Obviously 2 that had dropped down out of the previous 2 days mega move reported over Manchester by SJ. The Ringed Plover was around the ponds before joining the Common Sandpipers in the SW corner. All 3 birds were still present late p.m. with 3 Wheatear near the West bank.
Its that time of year again now, August 1st tomorrow taking us in to autumn visible migration and several birds already on the move . Swifts will soon be gone along with several Warblers and I got word yesterday that Tree Pipits are now on the move. Ospreys are also heading south so should be an interesting month.
My vis mig reports are now also being recorded on Trektellen with a link on the right of the blog.
BS.