Another morning of good reservoir conditions at Fly Flatts with full dark cloud cover and heavy rain showers at 13 degrees on a light SE>2.
Most of yesterdays waders had moved on just leaving a single Ringed Plover as well as an Oystercatcher on the mud at the north end of the water. During a particularly heavy rain shower a juvenile Greenshank dropped in from the east and landed on the mud at the north end but kept at great distance and was very mobile flying up and down the distant shoreline until it settled alongside the Oystercatcher feeding at the waters edge but still right on the cameras limit.
Around 9 Wheatear were still present on the shore with 15 Lapwing and a few Black Headed gulls.
The Greenshank today makes 15 wader species at Fly Flatts so far this year :-
Oystercatcher
Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover
Lapwing
Sanderling
Dunlin
Snipe
Black Tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Curlew
Redshank
Greenshank
Common Sandpiper
Turnstone.
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