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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

A few Fly Flatts specials for this year so far.

 With the car in dock today it was a none birding day so I,ve put together some of the special visitors to Fly Flatts so far this year.

                                                  Shelduck
                                        Common Sandpiper over still water, several present
                                             Hobby, a mega for Fly Flatts

                                                     Black Tailed Godwit.


                                                 Turnstone

                                                 22 Whooper Swan

                                     Cuckoo mobbed with Meadow Pipits

                                            Short Eared Owl
                                                    Ringed Plover
                                                 Redshank, several breeding
                                           Sanderling, a scarce annual visitor

                                                     A good year so far for Dunlin

                                                            Teal
                                     Plenty skeins of Pink Footed geese over early in the year
                                                Juv Dunlin

                                               Juv Ringed Plover
                                                            Juv Common Sandpiper
                                           A poor year for Stonechat so far
                                             1st returning male Wheatear
                                                         Golden Plover numbers well down
                                                   Ringed Plover family
                                   Unfortunately this little one only lasted 7 days.
                                            Juv Stonechat
                                            Alive with Swifts over the last week
                                              Usual June visit of Common Scoter.   4 Male

                                                        Juv Oystercatcher, 1 of 2.

                                               Curlews bred but have mostly gone now.

All photos, B.S.


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