Another day of the dreaded heat with the temperature already up a 18 degrees by 0745 hrs. Full blue skies and sunshine with a very light N>2 increasing NW>3 by late afternoon.
Fewer waders than yesterday but still Dunlins and Common Sands with the 2 new Ringed Plovers gone. A single Curlew kept calling until I finally found it up on the top of the east ridge.
It was a long billed bird so not a juv, possibly a late mover from out of the area or an early trans pennine bird east to west.
A small group of Black Headed gulls came onto the water whilst 9 Lapwings headed high and >SW.
Swifts were moving >S and a mass of around 50 Swallows piled over also >S which were possible movers or a feeding party.
Learnt today from YW that Ogden is also getting a wind turbine erected as well as Fly Flatts to replace the floating depth gauge and Mixenden have a full time security guard to stop people entering the reservoir grounds after the Ponden Mill drowning incident.
This is the first summer that evening Pipistrelle bats have well outnumbered Swifts over Foxhill.
Another scorcher to look forward to tomorrow, great!!!
Fly Flatts
4 Common Sand + 1 chick
4 juv Dunlin
2 Ringed Plover
5 BH gull
14 Swift........................>S
c50 Swallow.................>S
9 Lapwing....................>SW
1 Curlew
3 Kestrel
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