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Monday, September 23, 2019

Fly Flatts, (no public access)

                                             Lapwings on the move

                                       8 settled on the south shore.
                                    4 Wheatear present.
                               Canadas on the now submerged islands.
                                    Black Redstart still present


                                          Its favourite spot.

Fly Flatts at 0800 hrs had a low cloud base with mist patches over the west ridge on a light SW>£ at 7 degrees but brightening as the day wore on with bright skies late afternoon.
                                                           A steady vis mig watch with Mipits coming through after 0930 hrs but in ones and twos only with several heading >NW whilst Lapwings were the mover of the morning heading >SE with 8 staying on the south shore before moving off again.
                                                       A small tight bunch of 4 Coal Tits >W looked out of place over the water which held a good count of 16 Tufted and 18 Teal along with 5 Mallard.
A Peregrine did a fly over but didnt cause any problems.
                                                     By late afternoon the Teal and all but 12 Tufted had gone with 4 Wheatear on the shorelines.
The Black Redstart is still hanging on at Withins Head farm where I should think all interested birders will have seen it by now.

Vis Mig
54 Lapwing..........................>SE
148 Mipits...........................>SE
38 Mipits............................>NW
2 LBB gulls.......................>SW
4 Coal Tits.........................>W
3 Skylark...........................>S

Present
3 BH gull
7 Canadas
8 Lapwing
18 Teal
16 Tufted
4 Wheatear
Peregrine
2 Raven
5 Mallard
1 Black Redstart.

Wet and windy from tomorrow to the weekend which may liven the waders up.
BS