With workmen in the house it was mid afternoon when I got to Fly Flatts with grey skies and drizzle on a NW>4 at 7 degrees.
A much quieter afternoon with a clear out of Ringed Plovers with none of yesterdays 6 birds re located. As 17 Crows moved into the area yesterday on early egg watch, so too did the Herring gulls today with 13 across on the east bank before moving off towards Oxenhope. Strange how these birds know that eggs and chicks are about due. A pair of Stonechat were present and a single Fieldfare was on the Wheatear walls below the top road. A Snipe was chipping from an unseen position whilst Lapwing numbers are building in the NE corner.
Nothing photographic today so with expectation of Common Scoter soon to be heading our way, though my earliest ever was 14th April, whilst the peak time at Fly Flatts is June/July, here,s a few images of recent year Fly Flatts birds.
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