it seems to be 2 CY LBB showing yellow eye.
Just 2 Dunlin present
Waders feed well in the spume.
Distant Peregrine.
1 of 2 very distant Buzzard.
A very windy morning at Fly Flatts with the wind increasing throughout the watch from NW>5 to
NW>7 gusting 8 making very hard work of using the scope. With 80% cloud and sunshine it still felt very cold,even at 8 degrees.
Yesterdays waders must have taken advantage of a clear sky last night with several moved on leaving 2 Dunlin, 5 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Ringed Plover, once again all very mobile in the strong wind, making it hard to keep track of them. The rough water has created a good amount of spume on the SE shore which attracts the waders to feed on. The spume is rich in organic material from decaying plants etc.
Two pair of Tufted were new in from yesterday battling in the rough water whilst a Wheatear was on the south shore.
A count of 18 LBB and 3 Herring gull were on the shore at the north end but soon left >SE, whilst 2 Buzzard were very high and distant over Fill Belly Flat and an equally distant Peregrine headed fast and >N.
BS