With the heat full on today and only a steady E>3 Fly Flatts was ,as expected, extremely poor. Early mist soon lifted but the sky to the west was very hazy and milky, cutting visibility. Pick of the crop was an Intermediate Lesser Black Backed gull plus a quick visit from the 3rd year Yellow Legged Herring which landed then immediately took off towards TMR. Swallows and House Martins were the only moving birds with no waders and no Wheatear today. If this weather doesnt break soon its going to be a poor species list of returning waders for Fly Flatts with only about 4 weeks left of the peak season. I,ve put together a few of the specials that appeared at Fly Flatts in August 2019 which I,m hoping will turn up in the next few weeks :-
Black Redstart was present throughout August.Several Ringed Plover passed through
Sparrowhawk on Wheatear watch
Willow Warblers in the lagoon tree
Several Oystercatchers
1 of 2 Greenshank
juv Turnstone flyover + one on the shore 2 days after
Plenty Common Sandpiper
Sanderling
juv Ringed Plover
Distant Green sandpiper
Visible Migration Snipe in the ponds.
39 Swallow.............>S 19 House Martin....>S
Present 16 LBB gull 1 YL Herring gull 1 LBB gull intermedius + usual sp BS
PS...This new blog is a nightmare which seems to put your typing in any shape and form. Hence the diagonal list???