Another nasty hot sunny morning but eased slightly with a fresh E>2 at 16 degrees.
A good gull day with around 200 gulls present on the water and north shore.
A scope through failed to find anything special but as they blasted off a noisy Greenshank went up with them spiraling very high and away out of sight >SW, the same direction as the gulls but leaving several Black Headed on the water. A scope from the far end of the west bank failed to find any more waders but around 8 Wheatear were counted on the way back to the south end.
A later scope of the north end found 3 small waders on the waters edge so a dash through the compound to get a closer but distant view produced 3 Ringed Plover as well as yesterdays Little Ringed Plover and another Greenshank all near together feeding on the waters edge.
A few distant photos in the heat shimmer with a chance in a million shot to get the 3 RPs and Greenshank in one frame.
Tackling up back at the car and a large raptor came into view making me think Osprey but when I got it in the bins , Red Kite, which flew over the water >NE.
Fly Flatts
1 Greenshank...........>SW
1 Greenshank...........Present
3 Ringed Plover
1 Little Ringed Plover
2 Cormorant.............>NE
1 Red Kite...............>NE
8 Wheatear
c 30 Herring gull......>SW
c 80 LBB gull...........>SW
c 150 BH gull...........>SW
c 50 BH gull ..........present
+ usual sp.
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