I arrived at Fly Flatts early doors this morning to find a near gale force WSW>7 gusting gale force 8 with heavy mist over the moor and a very low cloud base carrying horizontal drizzle across the water. After a scan across the water I locked the gate and headed for lower ground.
Nearest port of call on my route back was Ogden with plenty people, no birds and a very wet dog walk. By 0915 I was back home, the fastest birding session of the year.
By mid afternoon it was still very windy and heavy showers so rather than waste time and petrol I got one of the dogs bathed and cut, one down, two to go.
A bird less day but all is not lost and just to raise my spirits I,ve put together a few of the interesting birds I,ve found locally during October from the last few years.
BS