Snagged up all week for morning birding so another mid afternoon visit which is always much quieter than the mornings at Fly Flatts. A moderate W>4 to 5 was blowing with low dark clouds and drizzle.
Limited access today as the wind brought out the windsurfers so the waders had moved to the north shore apart from a few Common Sandpipers, Dunlin and the usual Ringed Plovers. Scoping across the water found at least 9 Dunlin on the mud as well as 1 Oystercatcher and several Common Sandpipers plus 5 Redshank.
Swallows were constantly moving low over the water all >S whilst several Linnets had arrived into the area. Just 3 Wheatear present today.
With the good westerly and low cloud I thought I was in with a chance for a Tern with several Common, Arctic and Sandwich moving to the west of the country but the skies were strangely quiet, probably due to the time of day
BS