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Monday, May 25, 2020

Fly Flatts in the sun, ( no public access)

                                 Herring gull with red leg ring but unreadable


                                        Plenty Herrings but no Yellow Legged as yet.
                                               4 of 5 Oystercatchers.
                                 2 Carrion Crows creating havoc

                                    but size doesnt matter to Lapwings



                                             Gulls on the peninsular
                   
                              Back to the dreaded sunny conditions today starting off early morning at 14 degrees on a light SW>4 then up to 22 degrees by late p.m. on a SW>5 which made it pleasant to walk in but impossible for photos with a ton of heat distortion even making scoping difficult.
                                                   Despite the weather, birds were active throughout, though, other than 5 Oystercatchers, the wader species remained the same.
Quite a bit of aerial activity with a family party of 5 Raven over the Nab and 2 Buzzard up over the moor, which I have,nt seen for quite a while. Crows were on chick alert but soon seen off by Lapwings and more Curlew than I thought were in the area.
                                            Still struggling for a different variety of wader but I,m sure something will turn up in the near future.
A 2cy Herring gull had a red leg ring but distance and heat shimmer prevented me from getting any details.
Fly Flatts
12 Dunlin
2 Ringed Plover
6 Common Sandpiper
5 Oystercatchers
3 Redshank
3 Golden Plover
8 Curlew
2 Buzzard
2 Carrion Crow
5 Raven
c 150 Herring/LBB gulls
+ usual sp.
Stay safe, B.S.