Sanderling.
Another day of ideal conditions after overnight heavy rain leaving the morning dry with 7 okts cloud cover on a moderate W>4 inc 5 with good visibility and some cloudy sunshine.
Fly Flatts was alive with waders as I arrived this morning with the highlight being 2 Sanderlings, one of which I picked up on a new island that has just appeared overnight. This bird stayed on the island throughout the morning watch with a second bird on the east shoreline. Both had gone by the afternoon watch.
Scoping the NE mud area 8 Ringed Plovers were dashing around probing in the mud with another 5 Ringed Plover on the south shore whilst in the afternoon a group of 6 Ringed Plover came through fast and low >S leaving me with a count of 19 Ringed Plover.
During the late afternoon watch 10 Ringed Plover were still present being flushed from the east shore to the south shore by a half hearted attempt by a juv Peregrine which then landed on the east shore before moving off.
Scoping the beach area of the east shore 7 Wheatear were present and a surprise to find a juv Yellow Wagtail amongst them briefly which flew off east. This is a bird I,ve been half expecting with perfect habitat around the ponds and several moving birds reported on Trektellen.
Another strange sighting on the way out of the top gate was a Wheatear carrying food to a nearby wall.
Needless to say, very little vis mig watching done today with all the ground activity going on.
Vis Mig
25 Herring gull..........................>SW
81 Swallows.............................>S
2 Swift.....................................>S
1 Yellow Wagtail.......................>E
6 Ringed Plover........................>S
Bloggers
13 Ringed Plover
2 Sanderling
8 Wheatear
Sev Mipits
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