A decent day weather wise with clear visibility and 90% cloud cover on a light NW>4. By late afternoon the wind had turned to W>4 with 50% cloud cover at 16 degrees.
The water is now getting frighteningly high with a good area of mud on the north shore but poor access whilst the work is ongoing along the west bank. Its mostly scoping at a long distance. The south shore still has an area of mud but once again the south bank is out of bounds. The SE ponds are in good shape and being used by the Ringed Plovers at the moment.
With no workers today I ventured along the west bank which is a very muddy mess but it was good to get back out there and view the area from a different angle. The old feeding station is now more or less back to how it was and Twite feeding should be able to be continued there when the work is done, estimated to be early August, though sailing should be able to commence within the next few weeks unless we get a long dry spell.
Back down to 2 Ringed Plover today as well as 2 Oystercatchers and a single Common Sandpiper which may be down to the 2 Peregrines on the north shore briefly this morning. The Oystercatchers left high and >SW but the Ringed Plovers remained in the pond area throughout the day.
Most of the action was in the air with 3 Kestrels up together as well as 3 Buzzard whilst around 100 Swifts headed >SW in migration mode.
Visible Migration
2 Oystercatcher............on deck then >SW
1m + 1 juv Ringed Plover blogging
c 100 Swifts..................>SW
Present
2 Peregrines
3 Buzzard
3 Kestrel
2 Red Legged Partridge
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Herring gull
8 LBB gull
1 m Pied Wagtail
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