A morning of perfect conditions with full grey skies on a light NE at 2 degrees with light drizzle.
The afternoon was poor with sunshine on a very still NE and a rise in temperature seeing the return of the heat shimmer.
Although there were plenty birds today the wader count was down as always in June which is a bad month annually . Looking back at last years records I was reporting the same 5 wader species throughout the month apart from a quick visit from a Little Ringed Plover. By mid July things began to buck up before kicking off in August.
No Dunlin present today as well as Redshank but the 2 Ringed Plover chicks have managed to dodge the gulls for another day and are still bombing around the shoreline, closely watched by the adults.
Canada geese have suddenly started appearing from nowhere with a count of 238 adults and 28 goslings today whilst Swifts were moving in good numbers throughout the day all >N.
Not my choice of forecast for tomorrow with a warm 17 degrees day on a very light S then SW wind but who knows, anything can happen.
Fly Flatts
1 pr Ringed Plover + 2 chicks
4 Oystercatcher
4 Snipe
6 Common Sandpiper + chicks
2 Greylag
2 Barnacle
238 Canadas + 28 gosling.
Swifts >N throughout the day
c 250 Herring/ LBB gulls
+ usual sp.
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