With Ollie to drop off at the vets this morning for a dental and pick him up this evening, plus getting over the shock of the bill I was left with little free time today .
Just half an hour to walk the prom at Ogden this morning which produced 2 adult Great Crested Grebes in summer plumage, 1 Gt Spotted Wdpecker, plus the usual Cormorants and gulls with several juv Black Headeds present.
Fly Flatts late afternoon was clear with a light SE>2 and part cloud and sunshine at 16 degrees.
First stop was in the boatyard where I got the Whinchat yesterday and finally relocated it but way up in the top fields near the end of the range and heat haze coming off the stone.
Walking on to the north east corner to check the gulls when the whole lot lifted up as a Peregrine came through with 3 Common Sandpipers in its sights. Two escaped over the water whilst the other spiraled vertically till it was out of sight and the Peregrine gave up having a few half hearted attempts at the gulls on the water.
As the gulls settled again, but well over to the NW corner ,16 were LBBs with 2 Herring, one of which was the Yellow Legged seen previously. Last year I had Yellow Legged up here most days in August.
Visible Migration
1 Oystercatcher
3 Common Sandpiper
1 YL Herring gull
1 Stonechat
1 Whinchat
5 juv Wheatear
Present
1 Herring gull
16 LBB gull
1 Peregrine
+ usual sp.
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