A very wet and windy day throughout with drizzle and rain on a S>3 turning WSW>4 with a low cloud base and mist patches at 14 degrees.
Nothing around the shoreline or on the water but a small group of adult Wheatear were along the south bank ground hopping their way through early morn . Lesser Black Backed gulls moved >SE in a steady flow both morning and afternoon but nothing else of note.
The afternoon session was very poor with nothing until the last 10 minutes when a distant Buzzard appeared over the west ridge and whilst I was watching that 3 raptors flew above it tangling, very high up, with a Kestrel, Peregrine and Merlin.
The shore is almost gone now with water getting near the overflow, looking like the rain forecast over the weekend will just finish it off at a crucial time.
Fly Flatts
8 Wheatear ................>S ground hopping
102 LBB gull.............>SE
1 Red Legged Partridge
1 Buzzard
1 Peregrine
1 Merlin
2 Kestrel.
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