As expected this morning at Fly Flatts the weather conditions were just the opposite to what I need up there with blazing sun and clear blue skies on a light ENE>2 at 12 degrees. The same is forecast for a good week so I,m just going to have to grin and bear it.
Some overnight movement with 6 Dunlin present now as well as a breeding pair which I,ve been watching for a week now. The male is displaying and today I watched it hovering high up above the moorland nest sight and trilling, making it look like a Skylark from a distance, a performance that I,ve never witnessed before.
A record for Greylags breeding at this sight with 5 pairs with 25 goslings between them all growing well along with good numbers of young Canadas and Mallard.
Just the usual Common Sandpipers, Redshank and Ringed Plover with nothing moving skyward other than a high count of Swallows.
The only good point with this weather is that the water level is dropping well.
BS.