Another hot sticky morning at Fly Flatts with clear blue skies and full sun on a WSW>2 at 12 degrees
The stagnant weather put the waders in resting mode, as yesterday, with plenty to keep me occupied but nothing new arriving and the skies remaining empty.
A rough count up today of goslings and ducklings made it a record year for Greylags, Canadas and Mallards. The Mallards have done amazing so far with 4 pair raising 32 ducklings which are now a good size and looking much less vulnerable, some being not far from fledging.
Only the goslings on the water were counted with probably the same number again in the fields and on the moor.
Swallows were the only birds present skyward other than a single distant Buzzard and a drake Tufted which arrived from the east.
Looking at the 10 days forecast this weather could continue till well beyond next weekend which is looking bad for spring passage waders at the reservoir as they are more likely to continue through very high.
5 Dunlin
12 Common Sandpiper
3 Oystercatchers
8 Redshank
1 f Ringed Plover
Sev Curlew and Lapwing with chicks
94 Canada goslings on water
25 Greylag goslings on water
32 Mallard ducklings
1 Buzzard
1 m Tufted
2 LBB gulls
Several Swallows
100s of young Starling
Plenty Linnet and Mipits
+ usual sp.
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