Still 2 Wheatear present
Mallards in to land
Local Canadas
3 1st year Herring on the distant north shore
- A bright and sunny morning, which is not the best weather for Fly Flatts, on a cold NW>4 at 6 degrees. Visibility was clear apart from the glare from the sun.
- A quiet start with things starting to kick off around 0930 hrs with a good move of Jackdaws and LBB gulls whilst moving Starling numbers are building up.
- A walk the length of the west bank found 3 first year Herring gulls across on the north shore and 3 Swallows fast and low over the water.
- Back at the SW corner a scan of the Robin Rock found a single Wheatear when suddenly a Black Redstart dropped down at the side of it flashing its tail. Almost immediately both birds dropped from sight behind the rock not to be relocated. A further check in the afternoon of the rock area and the 2 hot spots at Slade and Withins Head farm found nothing although 2 Wheatear were down by the feeding station.
- The bird was much darker than the Soil Hill bird being an adult male.
- VISIBLE MIGRATION
- 20 Woodpigs...................>S
- 17 LBB gull....................>NE a.m.
- 86 LBB gull...................>SW p.m.
- 3 Buzzard......................>S
- 9 Mipits.........................>S
- 2 Snipe..........................>W
- 76 Starling....................>NW
- 102 Jackdaw.................>S
- 3 Swallow.....................>S
- PRESENT
- 2 Wheatear
- 1 Black Redstart
- 3 Herring gull
- 3 Stonechat
- + usual sp.
- BS
