A very wet, windy and foggy morning at Fly Flatts with fog banks turning to mist and not clearing until 0930 hrs on a moderate W>4 at 11 degrees with heavy rain then drizzle.
Far too wet and windy to walk the west bank but able to scope it in a fashion after the mist had lifted. Not a wader present other than 2 Common Sandpipers and a few Lapwing.
A few LBB gull and Black Headeds were on the north shore whilst several Wheatears were at the south end. A Ruff was found at Manchester yesterday,(SJ) which gave some hope.
Mid afternoon at Ogden produced a good show of gulls no nothing out of the ordinary. I partly expected to find yesterdays Med gull among the Black Headed but not to be, although it did turn up at Thornton again later in the day, (MP).
The usual 4 Oystercatchers were on the west shore whilst the long staying Common Sandpiper seems reluctant to leave.
On the way home, a new ploughed field on Perseverance Road had attracted around 50 gulls but all BH and LBB of various ages as well as a single full summer plumaged Common gull, a field well worth watching.
BS