Poor weather conditions to start the morning with clear blue skies and sunshine on a very light NW>1 but luckily clouds soon started to come over from the west and the wind increased to NW>3-4 at 12 degrees.
The darker clouds and stronger wind got the birds moving revealing an overnight fall of Dunlin with an increase of 6 as well as the usual 3. The Common Sandpipers and Redshanks were very active but the pair of Ringed Plover and their 3 chicks have gone into hiding, as they did last year, just giving quick views of the male in the distance feeding.
More movement in the sky today with 7 Herring gull and several LBBs all >NE as well as around 30 Black Headed in the same direction. Plenty Swallows and Swifts >N throughout the morning.
BS