which can be mistaken as Whimbrel.
Poor reservoir watching conditions again today with high temperatures on a W>4 with wall to wall sunshine and tons of heat distortion off the mud and water.
A lower number of waders today with most of the Ringed Plovers and Dunlins moved on as well as Common Sandpipers.
As I suspected yesterday, the Barnacle goose was still in the same position as yesterday sitting a nest but way out on the tip of the island so impossible to see whats happening.
The other 2 resident Barnacles from Cold Edge have not been seen at this site but there are a few loose Canadas around so its either a hybrid job or just a broody goose with a false alarm, watch this space.
A calling Cuckoo flew over mobbed by Lapwings but by the time I,d located it for a photo it had dropped below the east ridge between the wind turbines heading for Ogden.
A Buzzard was high over the west moor whilst 3 Stonechat and 2 Reed Bunting were near the lagoon and no mystery bird today.
Once again, many thanks to MC for stepping into the breach and solving the problem. Hope you and Viv enjoyed your VE tea at the roadside and got some fly overs to boost your list.
Re your 1st bird book Mick, mine was also the Observers book of birds which is still on my shelf today, 1963 version. However did we i.d. anything off those pictures, mine was mostly in black and white.
Fly Flatts
1 Cuckoo
4 Dunlin
7 Common Sand
1 Ringed Plover
3 Redshank
4 Curlew
2 Oyk
1 Buzzard
1 nesting Barnacle goose
3 Stonechat
2 Reed Bunting
Sev Herring gull very high and >SW.
Stay safe, BS