A muggy morning with full cloud on a NE>3 and damping throughout at 15 degrees. By late afternoon
it was full sun and a light NE>2 at 18 degrees.
Less passerines today with all the Willow Warblers moved on leaving a single Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat and the Whinchat , the latter not appearing until the afternoon session.
Another mega had arrived overnight, juv Spotted Redshank and eventually paired up with the Knot which took some finding but relocated it in the NE corner until it moved a little closer on the east bank busily feeding continuously.
A few hirundines and gulls were moving whilst a Buzzard was over Nab Water Lane early morning. Scores of Meadow Pipits are now in the area waiting for the off.
A great achievement for MP today videoing an Osprey dive bombing into the water at his patch of Doe Park. A once in a lifetime event in this area. I was hoping it would go south over Queensbury but Mark informed me it went off high and >E.
Note.. The Juv Spotted Redshank is showing barring on the flank, red on the lower mandible and a supercillium . It also looked taller and dangly this morning at distance but I talked myself out of that.
Fly Flatts
3 Stonechat
3 Herring gull.................>NE
5 LBB gull.....................>SW
1 Buzzard
2 Raven
+ usual sp.
Vis Mig
1 Knot.........blogging
1 Spotted Redshank..blogging
1 Whitethroat
1 Whinchat
72 Swallow....>S
9 House Martin..>S
Large number of Mipits ready for moving
BS