A dry and decent morning at Fly Flatts with a cool NNW>3 at 5 degrees keeping the fog at bay with just a thick bank of cloud to the west, otherwise 80% cloud above. The water was the highest I,ve ever seen it and even lapping over the banking in several places.
The main feature this morning was a move of big gulls, mostly Herring >NE with several settling on the water at the north end briefly. No mega's on the water today with just a single drake Tufted and 3 Mallard plus a few Canadas.
A few blogging Meadow Pipits present as well as 4 Reed Buntings whilst a flock of 11 Fieldfare went over high and to the east of me >SE. The usual 2 Raven were over the quarry.
The seas down the east coast have settled down now but an amazing rescue, Thursday night into Friday up on the Shetlands, with the Lerwick RNLI lifeboat out in horrendous sea conditions for 18 hours to a Danish trawler broken down and taking water 60 miles out at sea. They eventually managed to tow the stricken trawler back to Lerwick. Brave lads.
Looking like a bright clear day tomorrow on a light SW.
BS