Swallows and Gulls, Fly Flatts, (permit only).

 

                                           2 of 4 Pied Wagtails.

                                         Greylags with 4 young

                                          At least 5 Common Sandpipers still present

                                   First of the Canadas to have young,(4)

                                          Gulls arriving at egg and chick time.

                                         Way over on the NE bank.

An icy cold morning at Fly Flatts with bright clear skies and a moderate NE>4 rising to NE>5 by late afternoon with a few light showers.

                                               Big gulls and Swallows were the birds of the day with Swallows heading >N skimming low over the water whilst Herring gulls were back in the NE corner along with a few Lesser Black Backed mid afternoon but well out of camera i.d. range and in the heat haze of the shoreline. A good scope through them failed to find anything suspicious though most were snooked down in the grass and facing the wind , away from me.

                                                 No new waders in today but 7 Wheatear present and a pair of Teal.

Conditions seemed ideal for Terns but not to be even though MCs area at Oxon are being inundated with Little gulls and Arctic Terns.

Fly Flatts

1 pr Teal

7 Wheatear

5 Common Sandpiper

2 Ringed Plover

2 Redshank

75 Herring gull

7 LBB gull

23 Swallow................ >N

4 Pied Wagtail

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