A very calm but wet morning at Fly Flatts with a SW>2 and light rain throughout becoming heavy by 0945 hrs at 7 degrees. The heavy showers continued throughout the day.
I was hoping for a hat trick mega wader to see the month out but it turned out to be a very quiet morning with low numbers of the usual waders. Most of the activity was on the mud at the north end of the water but too misty to scope properly though there did,nt seem to be anything unusual there.
One good note to finish the month on was I briefly re located the Ringed Plover chick which I had given up for dead. The chick is growing well and looks much less vulnerable to what it did the last time I saw it.
Another pleasing note was at Ogden this afternoon to find that the juv Mute Swan had finally moved on, a worry less for me, and certainly for Judy who was very concerned for the birds welfare.
The 2 Gt Crested Grebes are back on the water at Ogden as well as the pair of Tufted duck and about a dozen LBB gulls. Luckily it rained at Ogden, once again keeping the crowds away.
Into June tomorrow which is a strange month which can be rather quiet but a month where anything can turn up. June usually provides Common Scoter and Yellow Legged Herring gull at Fly Flatts although gulls have been poor so far this month with small groups at the north end and only one day of a triple figure count.
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