It also has a badly deformed right foot which gives it difficulty walking but seems
to manage ok and is set up for breeding.
A light covering of snow on the tops this morning on a cold W>4 at 2 degrees with part cloud and sunshine. By late afternoon the temperature at Fly had only risen to 4 degrees with some heavy snow showers and thunder.
Off to a good start early morn with a single Golden Plover in the track side field and 19 Herring gulls over >SW. After that it was all downhill with a very quiet watch throughout with empty skies and very few waders showing.
Scoping from the NW corner of the west bank 2 Dunlin were moving around on the east bank whilst the 2 Ringed Plovers were feeding in the boatyard.
Only 4 Common Sandpipers found today along with 2 Oystercatchers.
The waders were much livelier during the afternoon watch with the wind increased and the sun blanked out. The heavy snow showers did,nt seem to bother them at all.
Fly Flatts
2 Ringed Plover
4 Common Sandpiper
2 Dunlin
4 LBB gull..................>NE
19 Herring gull...........>SW
1 Golden Plover
1 pr Pied Wagtail
+ usual sp.
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