More light snow showers at Fly Flatts this morning with a W>3 at 5 degrees with broken cloud and some sun. By late afternoon the wind had turned SE>4 with light showers and sunshine.
First bird seen was a Short Eared Owl at distance over the moor along with a brilliant deep coloured Greenland Wheatear which was out of range on the Robin rocks. This bird has been about a few days but only giving distant fleeting glimpses.
Big gulls were back on the NE banking before slowly filtering away >SE whilst it was very quiet on the wader scene with only 4 Common Sandpipers and no sign of the 2 Ringed Plovers but I suspect they will be around somewhere. Target waders now are Sanderling, Greenshank and Turnstone, the latter now appearing down in MCs area.,
The only sky movement was Swallows coming through >N low over the water.
Late afternoon at Mixenden also had Swallows and House Martins moving through but no Swifts as yet. No Gt Crested Grebe today with just 2 Canada geese, 2 Moorhen and 5 gulls on the water.
The Common Sandpiper was still present whilst 15 Linnet were feeding on the uncut east banking.
Fly Flatts
1 SEO
52 Herring gull
26 LBB gull
4 Common Sandpiper
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Snipe
17 Swallow..............>N
Mixenden
sev Swallows and House Martin.........>N
2 Moorhen
1 Common Sandpiper
2 Canada geese
4 LBB gull
1 Herring gull
15 Linnet
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