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BRIAN SUMNER.
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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.
BS




Sunday, April 11, 2021

Back to winter, Fly Flatts. (permit only)

 

             A highly unusual photo, Ringed Plovers in the snow.

                                     Snowy scenes this morning at Fly Flatts.


                                                   The Nab
                                      The Nab and the Bumps,
                                                    South bank
                                          Bad news for the ground nesting birds.
         Snowed thawed by p.m.     Goldies at Nolstar.
                                      Heavy hail showers p.m.
                                            The brave sailors take to the water.
                                                  Blizzard conditions.

Heavy overnight snow left treacherous roads and a 3" covering of snow at Fly Flatts with a temperature of minus 1 degree but blue skies and sunshine on a N>3 . By mid afternoon the sun had shifted most of the snow with temperatures up to 5 degrees and a very light W>2 which put a stop to the sail boats. Heavy hail showers came through one after the other , some with hailstones the size of pot-nurs.
                                                              Very quiet in the conditions with the 2 Ringed Plovers looking out of place in the snow, not the type of weather they are used to. A few Snipe were up chipping with 3 Raven overhead. Otherwise it was down to the usual geese, Lapwings, Curlews etc, it still being too cold on the tops to entice a second wave of Wheatear or Ring Ouzels, the latter arriving  23rd March last year with 5 in the boatyard.
                                           Back at the Nolstar field, late p.m. when the snow had thawed, 117 Golden Plover were present, all carefully checked for Dotterel.
BS