A bright clear blue sky and sunshine at Fly Flatts this morning on a cold NW>2 at 8 degrees.
After a full scope round and a walk the length of the west bank to check the NW shore and islands it was clear that there were no waders present and the presence of the Peregrine on the north shore meant that I was unlikely to get any dropping in.
The water still held yesterdays 10 Tufted duck plus an unusually high count of Canada geese for this time of year whilst 18 LBB had been flushed onto the water by the Peregrine along with 7 Black Headed.
Back at the compound I settled for the rest of the watch vis migging with just dribs and drabs over and all very hard to see in the bright blue sky. Ideally you want a nice full light grey cloud cover to act as a background.
Vis Mig
4 Snipe...................>W
1 Skylark...............>SW
14 Siskin...............>NE
sev Mipits.............>S
2 Swallow..............>S
8 Chaffinch...........>W
2 Mistle Thrush.....>W
Present
1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Kestrel
1 Peregrine
18 LBB gull
7 BH gull
2 Raven
10 Tufted
78 Canada
sev Mipits............blogging
+ usual sp.
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