An icy cold N>4 gusting 5 at Fly Flatts this morning with rain and sleet showers at 2 degrees with full cloud but visibility good.
Nice to get a decent bird-able morning with good visibility even though there was nothing special and no small passerines, either on site or in the usual fields.
The 3 Ringed Plover were present but very active in the wind along with 6 Oystercatchers but no early Redshank back yet, usually the 2nd week of March at this site. Curlew numbers are slowly building with 4 present at the moment.
Around 50 Canadas in the area with several already established at breeding sites on the moor whilst the first 2 Greylag this year arrived and looking settled after a good breeding season last year of this species.
Only 2 Black Headed gulls and a single Herring passed through, low over the water, all heading >NE.
Where are all the Golden Plover ? None as yet this year and very few sightings last year with the Flat Moor March count down from 300 +, in previous years, to 34 last March and they only stayed a couple of days. Otherwise it was just single figure counts in and around the Nolstar field.
Showers on a moderate sou'wester tomorrow with the temp still down at 2 degrees.
BS