rather than Herring. A distance away in heat haze but with 9 LBBs
that kept moving it away. Legs had a pale yellowish tinge and
bi coloured bill . Much bigger bird than the LBBs and pale belly streaking
whereas 2nd year Herring is much more uniform brown. Very pale head
but no shadowing around eye. Could be Hybrid, Herring /YL
or just a pale Herring. More studying needed on this one .
to the far east shore
The only good thing that can be said about todays weather is that its over.
The morning was,nt too drastic and although it was 21 degrees at 0715 hrs up at Fly Flatts there was a nice SE>4 keeping it bearable. The afternoon still had the SE>4 but burning sunshine which amounted to a quick walk in the shade and a scope from behind the boathouse out of the sun. 30 minutes was plenty.
Most of the resident birds were in sleep mode this morning apart from 9 LBBs on the east shore along with the pale 2nd year gull which I am still looking into.
Too hot to trek about so sat in the shade on the east side cobbled banking watching and waiting which soon paid off when 9 Golden Plover dropped in to the east shore remaining there throughout but had gone by late afternoon. Luckily for them the Peregrine never appeared today.
This is the first Goldie sighting at Fly Flatts since late May when there was 137 on the Flat Moor.
A bit cooler tomorrow hopefully.
BS