Dense fog as I drove to Fly Flatts this morning but the sun could just be seen trying to get through so I knew it would clear. By 0830 hrs the sun was through and the last of the mist burning off on an E>3 at 15 degrees. By late afternoon it was back to the hot stuff at 23 degrees on a light E>3 and terrible heat distortion around the shoreline.
Just one new wader in with a male Ringed Plover on the south shore whilst the pair of breeding Ringed Plover were feeding alongside their 2 chicks on the east mud. The chicks have now reached day 16 and usually fledge at 21 to 24 days so its fingers crossed for them over the next week.
A Peregrine nearly escaped being sighted as it came over the water mega high and >E but I was alerted by 3 noisy gulls mobbing it though it was too high to show any interest in the shoreline birds.
Otherwise it was down to the usual species and again no Dunlin making it look likely that waders wont start to show now until mid July unless I get lucky and get something in.
Thunderstorms forecast for tomorrow late afternoon which could prove interesting.
Fly Flatts
2m 1f Ringed Plover
4 Redshank + 2 fly overs high and >S
1 Oyk
2 Golden Plover
2 Barnacle geese
1 Peregrine high and >E
c 100 Herring/LBB gulls
+ usual sp.
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