A bright if not breezy morning at Fly Flatts with 60% cloud cover and sunshine on a near gale SW>6
at 5 degrees but keeping dry.
An interesting morning with several Meadow Pipits arriving in from the SE with some landing on the ponds and others keeping going. Also 8 Curlew flew in from the same direction landing across on the north shore before moving off >NE.
An unusual sighting of a Blackbird which flew across the boatyard disappearing somewhere near the lagoon, a rare bird for this site. Canadas and Mallards were on the water whilst 2 Greylags flew over high and >SE with a Peregrine over shortly afterwards in the same direction.
By late afternoon the weather had taken a turn for the worst with a gale force SW>8 dropping mid watch to SW>6 bringing continuous heavy horizontal drizzle and rain throughout.
Amazingly, in the conditions birds were still present with 3 Curlews over the turbines and several Lapwings now using the SE ponds.
The Ringed Plover that I failed to find this morning was finally located this afternoon way out on the south shore on exposed stones taking the full force of the wind and rain which didnt seem to bother it in the least, what hardy birds these waders are. Still no sign of the Dunlin.
Fly Flatts
1 Ringed Plover
2 Greylag..................>SE
27 Canada
2 Mallard
18 Meadow Pipit
8 Curlew
1 Peregrine
1 Blackbird
16 Lapwing
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