picture to the left hand centre where the second
spike of mud sticks out. No chance today.
yesterday where the 2 pipes go down the banking.
The water now is well past that area
the Titanic.
The weather today was similar to yesterday but deteriorated much worse in the afternoon.
Early morning saw fog banks rolling through on a SW>4 and heavy horizontal drizzle then by late afternoon the mist hung over the moor with a low cloud base and the winf had turned west and increased to W>5 pounding extremely heavy drizzle horizontally over the water.
Its amazing how much the water has come up overnight with just the drizzle and no heavy rain. The east shoreline is half under water now and the area where the Ringed Plovers bred it cut off as an island, now showing the importance of checking the breeding bird situation before the water is let back in. If the Plovers had gone for a second brood either the eggs would have been lost or if they hatched in time the young would have been marooned on an island until the water rose washing them out.
Waders were again very active with the Ringed Plover family feeding most of the time and getting very anxious flying round, looking as if they are ready for off.
An adult Peregrine flew low over the water passing straight over the top of a low flying Common Sandpiper but never gave it a second glance.
A slight east movement was apparent with 4 then 3 Oystercatchers >E as well as 2 Dunlin and 3 Mistle Thrush. Lots of Meadow Pipits around now , post breeding, after what seemed like a poor season for them.
Fly Flatts
2 Ringed Plover + 2 juvs now at 35 days old.
3 Dunlin + 2 fly overs...>E
7 Oyks..........................>E
3 Mistle Thrush...........>E
7 Tufted duck
1 Peregrine
12 LBB gull
2 Curlew
5 Common Sandpiper
2 Barnacle geese
+ usual sp.
BS