A disappointing morning weather wise with the forecast of full cloud being blue sky and sunshine, a combination which stops Fly Flatts in its tracks. Clear and sunny from the start with a light SE>3 at 7 degrees.
As expected, in the weather conditions, a poor watch with nothing moving skyward and the waders very still on the bank and shore. Still around 6 Common Sandpiper present but yesterdays Dunlins have moved on, as unlike the Common Sandpipers, they need some muddy, pebbly shore showing, whereas the Common Sands easily adapt to the banks and rocky shoreline and even get among the boats in the compound.
Otherwise, just the usual waders, Wheatears, Mipits etc but a worrying moment when I saw a small brown duck like object in the water at the NW end which when I scoped it, shock, horror, it was a Roe Deer struggling to keep afloat. Every time it started heading for the shore it turned directions heading back to the middle of the reservoir. Just as it looked like all hope was gone and the deer looked exhausted it luckily made it to the west bank in the NW corner and struggled up the bank. After a good shake it ran off down into the valley, what a relief.
BS