Another morning of very poor conditions with temp up to 14 degrees by 0730 hrs on a light SW>2 with full blue skies and sunshine. Next to fog, this is the worst weather conditions for Fly Flatts.
As expected, the skies were empty throughout the watch apart from several Swallows and Swifts with several Swallows landing on the slipway to feed.
A distant wader in the water at the north end had me thinking Blackwit or Ruff but impossible to scope in the heat distortion but after a dash on the west bank it turned out to be a juv Redshank with 2 more in the grass nearby.
No new arrivals but luckily always plenty here to keep me occupied with 17 waders dashing around the shore as well as chicks though only the usual Redshank, Ringed Plover, Dunlin and Common Sandpiper.
A juv Stonechat paid a brief visit whilst the 2 Pied Wagtail juvs are very active and feeding well and looking as if the adult birds have left the area. Very quiet up there now without the call of the Curlew.
The YW man up there said there is a Ring Necked Parakeet around the Castle Carr area between Dean Head reservoir and Castle Call.
Juv Mute Swan OY 85 which was on Ogden recently is still giving Swan rescue, Judy Hogg the run around having to be rescued yet again by Judy. She first rescued it from Thornton Road and put it on Ogden with the adult but the juv gave a worrying time being reluctant to move on before eventually flying off to Harold Park.
She text me today saying she had to rescue it from Chellow Dene where it had got down into the overflow. Well done yet again to Judy and the concerned public for reporting it.
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