Another hot sticky, sunny day with a very light SW>2 with temp rising from 10 degrees to 21 degrees.
The top of my head is tender and my face is as red as a Turkey cock. I feel a rain dance is needed.
June at Fly Flatts this morning was living up to its reputation of being the worst birding month of the year with next to nothing happening.
A walk the full length of the west bank produced Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper and Snipe with empty water and skies except for the geese.
Back to Leeshaw mid p.m. for a continuation of yesterdays gull experience but strangely, even though the time and weather conditions were the same, I only had 2 Black Headed and a single Lesser Black Backed through.
At least 2 Cuckoos were calling from opposite sides of the water and a
juv Peregrine did 2 menacing fly overs but was soon escorted out of the area with Lapwings.
Mick Cs gang are still getting Osprey in Oxfordshire so theres still a chance yet of a sighting.
Fly Flatts
2 Ringed Plover
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Snipe
1 Pied Wagtail
c 500 Starling
+ usual sp.
Leeshaw
2 Cuckoo
7 Oyk
1 juv Pere
1 LBB gull
2 BH gull
+ usual sp.
BS