Another of those hot days with the photographers nightmare, heat shimmer . A light SW>4 made it a little more pleasant but with the ponds drying out now, not to mention my water butt and garden, we need some rain.
A lively morning again with a good supply of Ringed Plovers , Dunlin and Common Sandpipers with the pair of Teal still hanging round as well as a visit from a Barnacle goose.
An alarm call from a Common Sand in the boat yard made me spin round just in time to see a Cuckoo disappearing over the lagoon but not to be relocated.
Several Swifts were heading >N over Queensbury during the afternoon.
Fly Flatts
1 Cuckoo......fly over
1 Barnacle goose
1 pr Teal
12 Common Sandpipers
6 Ringed Plover
2 Oystercatchers
13 Dunlin
9 Herring gull
2 LBB gull
Queensbury p.m.
15 Swift............>N
Bird Quiz. Name the bird ?
Got a brief flight view as it landed but distant and in heat shimmer.
Plain brown wings, brown head,chestnut breast cut off then buff. Long black legs.
Finch type head and bill, Chaffinch shape. Gone before I could scope it.
Take care, BS