On arrival at Fly Flatts early morn there was blue sky and mist over the west moor.
By the time I,d tackled up the fog had rolled in so dense that I could,nt even see the shore. By 0900 hrs the fog had cleared leaving a bright last hour to the watch.
Frustratingly, skeins of Pink Footed geese were contact calling overhead with 4 skeins heading >SE or >E but could only be heard and not seen. After a foggy dog walk for 1 hour the fog finally lifted but by now it was 0900 hrs and the aerial display was over and all quiet in the skies.
To compensate for this 9 Tufted had dropped in overnight and surprisingly a site first with a single Coot in among them, a most unusual find for Fly Flatts.
Just 9 LBBs on the north shore plus a few Black Headed on the water whilst small passerines consisted of a charm of around 200 Goldfinch, very active moving from one bed of thistle tops to another looking very impressive to see them in such great numbers. Otherwise, just a single Reed Bunting and several blogging Mipits.
BS