Early morn at Fly Flatts with a moderate W>3 at 10 degrees. Broken cloud and sunshine forming a bright glare making any photography very difficult.
The south shore and below the west bank was crawling with Wheatear dashing around like mice on the mud with a minimum count of 29 birds. Mipits are starting to group in big numbers now and 4 Stonechat moved through.
Swallows were constantly heading south whilst 2 Raven and a Kestrel were over the quarry.
A small group of gulls were on the NE mud viewed from a distance across the water from the west bank with 12 adult LBB and a near adult Yellow Legged Herring gull still showing some brown on the primaries and the legs a duller yellow from the outstandingly bright yellow legs of one of the Ogden birds. This being my 8th sighting so far this year of this species though some birds could have been duplicated.
A word from KM that his Redcar Tarn near adult Caspian Gull has been seen by him around the local area so possibly only a matter of time before it shows up at Ogden or around the Thornton fields.
Only a morning session today as it would take a braver man than me to tackle Ogden on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
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