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BS




Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Fly Flatts and the 2019 16th wader species appears .

 Possible the worst photo you,ll ever see of a Turnstone
but taken from the south to the NE shore.
                                    Record shots showing the black bib.



  Through the scope it could be seen to be a adult bird.
                                   canada geese starting to move around now,

  Single juv big gull on the south shore
                                    1 of 7 Wheatear in the rain
                                             Nice autumn plumage.

A real mixed bag of weather today starting off with early morning drizzle then sunshine whilst this afternoon threw in some very heavy rain showers on a moderate W>5. Visibility was good.
                                                         A good scope around first thing this morning found 7 Wheatear on the east bank, but no sign of waders, with 2 more Wheatear in the SW corner late afternoon, possibly 2 of the same birds. Very little sky movement other than a very high moving Buzzard and 2 Raven. By late afternoon Swifts were moving through in between the rain showers.
                                                       At  the end of the morning watch I was tackling up and , as always,  had a final scope round the shoreline when I picked up a small wader way over on the NE banking whereas I was on the south bank. Getting the scope behind the car and out of the wind I could see it was an adult Turnstone working its way on the waters edge.
                                                     With no time to pursue it I left, hoping it would still be around p.m. which unfortunately it was,nt.
My previous  Turnstones at Fly Flatts were
29/5/2006
14/9/2013
26/7/2018
7/8/2019.

Vis Mig
1 Buzzard.........................high and >SW
16 Swifts.........................>S

Bloggers
7 Wheatear
1 Turnstone

Others present
2 Raven
Loadsa Mipits
usual geese etc.
BS