A decent morning at Fly Flatts, after overnight heavy rain and thick fog, with just a few light showers on a light SW>3 with broken cloud and some sun at 11 degrees.
Once again, down to the usual waders , though I think I,ve got spoilt with the daily usual species and wanting something different. Come October I,ll be begging to see anything when it gets bleak and quiet up there.
It was surprising to see how many Redshank were breeding in such a small area of moor when something unseen spooked them with 6 Redshank, 3 Dunlin, 5 Golden Plover plus several Lapwing and Curlew in the air together.
A steady flow of gulls headed >SW whilst 2 Stonechat were mobile on fence posts and a Short Eared Owl was hovering in the wind over the distant moor.
One hour at Ogden and a walk around the perimeter of the water was very disappointing and ended up as just a dog walk with next to nothing present other than the 2 Gt Crested Grebe, 6 LBB gulls out on the water briefly plus a single Heron.
FLY FLATTS
2 Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin
5 Common Sandpiper
9 Redshank
2 Oystercatchers
1 Snipe
2 Stonechat
5 Golden Plover
1 SEO
16 LBB gull.......>SW
3 Herring gull....>SW
BS