Another morning of heavy drizzle and swirling fog patches, one minute clear and the next minute dense courtesy of a NE>3. By late afternoon the wind had turned E>3 with distant mist over the moor and light drizzle turning to rain.
Lots of activity around the shoreline but the only newcomers were 3 Oystercatchers that dropped in late morning but were gone by late afternoon. Also a single Dunlin was out on the island at the side of a dead adult LBB gull which had appeared overnight.
LBBs were on the move with around 200 over in the afternoon all heading very high >NE whilst several Swifts moved over >N.
All the breeding Redshanks have now gone and Curlews are very quiet and very few. Only 4 LBB gulls on the shore today with 5 Black Headed which soon left this morning.
Fly Flatts
1 pr Ringed Plover + 2 juv at 33 days old
1 Dunlin
5 Common Sandpiper + 3 juv
3 Oystercatchers, movers.
1 Curlew
2 Tufted
5 BH gull
c 200 LBB...>NE + 4 on N shore
sev Swifts... >N
BS