A non birding morning for a change but up there late afternoon in a moderate W>4 with 40% cloud cover and too much sunshine.
No gulls on the east bank which seemed strange until I got near the NW corner to find a Peregrine moving up and down the east banking. Photos were distant and poor with plenty heat haze but luckily the bird then flew across the water and over the west bank towards the south shore. As I scoped it a larger bird came into view , a Cream Crowned Marsh Harrier, which set about mobbing the Pere which was then joined by a Kestrel and a 4th raptor yet to be identified. Unfortunately I had rushed to swop the camera for the scope to get on the Harrier so now I was taking hand held from the NW corner the length of the reservoir and over the Flat Moor in heat haze.
There were 4 , possibly 5 raptors up with another bird as the Peregrine veered towards the SE. This I thought was a Short Eared Owl but looking at the photo zoomed in the wings were too long, pointed and slender.Answers to any of the birds on a postcard or otherwise in the comment box.
My last year Cream Crowns at Fly Flatts were 23/7/18 and 1/8/18.
BS