A foggy start but this soon cleared leaving a bright and windy day with 50% cloud and sunny intervals on a WSW>3 turning W>4 by late p.m. at 14 degrees.
Swallows were the highlight of the day with birds moving through on a broad front, both over the top fields and low over the water , with an estimate of c 300 >S. At one point 62 were lined up on the track side fencing. Only 2 Swifts today with the majority now moved through and probably just down to the stragglers and late breeders.
The 5 Stonechat were still present around the compound fencing probably feeling safe from predators in the coils of barbed wire whilst just 2 Wheatear were below the west bank.
A Buzzard up in the morning and probably the same bird late afternoon well into the moult
whilst 7 LBB gulls headed >SE.
A text from MP this morning with a female Common Scoter on his patch at Doe Park and gull numbers building up well in fields around Thornton. Thanks for the text Mark.
Fly Flatts
2 Buzzard
5 Stonechat
3 Kestrel
1 Barnacle goose
+ usual sp.
Visible Migration
c 300 Swallow ............>S
2 Swift.........................>S
7 LBB gull..................>SE
2 Wheatear..................>Blogging
Sev Meadow Pipit.......>Blogging
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