A pleasing enough start to the month, weather-wise, at Fly Flatts early morn with full cloud cover
on a cold NE>3-4 at 8 degrees with light drizzle. Back to the big coat and dog coats this morning with the ' lazy wind', ( a wind that goes through you rather than round you,) Queensbury talk.
Nothing unusual to start the ball rolling for June but the usual Common Sandpipers, Dunlins, Redshanks and Oystercatchers were all very active moving around the shorelines feeding.
Swifts were again the bird of the morning with birds piling through and feeding over the water along with a smaller number of Swallows.
This is the first time for several years that I,m getting Skylarks up singing above the top fields whilst Meadow Pipits and Linnets are everywhere.
Black Tern and Litle Stint seem to be the bird of the moment around West Yorkshire though I,d be happy with any Tern species through Fly Flatts.
Good to know that there are Whimbrel on the move with NK catching up to one at Cold Edge Dams today, see Nigels 'Birdbrain blog'.
A week now of east and north east winds so if that doesnt bring something in nothing will.
BS.