of the Nab and rare at Fly Flatts
Gliding most of the time with just odd wing beats.
Couldnt make out long neck and no tail band so
probably Common Buzzard.
but no time to scope it and too distant for decent pic.
Arrived at Fly Flatts at 0745 hrs to clear skies and sunshine but fog slowly creeping up from the valleys. A very light W>2 at 9 degrees.
The south shoreline was alive with Mipits, Wheatear and Alba Wagtails with a count of 16 of the latter, mostly juvs but worthy of a scan for whites. By the time I had set up the tripod and scope the lights had gone out with dense fog and a few yards visibility. With the amount of fog in the valley I knew this had no chance of clearing until late morning so a quick pack up and head east away from the west bank fog catcher to re settle at Ned Hill watch point to continue the vis mig watch.
Amazingly ever where was bright and clear apart from a massive fog bank all along the west ridge.
A steady watch with not too much through but a variety of species and enough to keep me alert whilst 2 Whitethroats were present in the bushes.
The afternoon was hot and sunny with a temp of 20 degrees but a nice W>3 along the west bank keeping it comfortable. The 8 Tufted had gone from the water and the shorelines were bare other than 4 Wheatear. The highlight was a Buzzard mega high and >NW making me think Honey but with no protruding neck and no tail band I can only put it to Common Buzzard.
Vis Mig
116 Mipits........................>S and >W
26 Canadas......................> high and >W
9 Common gulls.............>SW
26 LBB...........................>SW
7 Skylark........................>W
5 Stock Doves................>NE
15 Swallow....................>S
Buzzard sp. ...................>NW
Present
16 Alba Wagtails
sev Mipits
4 Wheatear
18 Canadas
2 Barnacles
c70 Goldfinch
2 Whitethroat
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