Very wild and very wet at Fly Flatts this morning with a strong SW turning WSW >6 gusting 7 at
33 to 35 mph. Reasonable visibility but continuous showers of heavy horizontal drizzle and some torrential downpours with occasional mist banks moving through at 6 degrees.
The usual waders were present but keeping their heads down with 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Redshank, 6 Oystercatchers plus Lapwings and Curlew. The water was very rough with Canadas and Mallards braving the waves, the Mallards being mostly drakes now with the females in the fields or moor sitting eggs, whilst 2 Black Headed gulls turned up on the water which is not a regular occurrence here.
During one particularly heavy drizzle shower a single Whooper Swan came in from the NE and landed on the water way over in the NW corner before going onto the banking with the Canadas but remaining far in the distance and out of camera range. Way too wet and windy to walk the west bank to get closer so settled for a few record shots.
Could be in with a chance tomorrow with a dry morning forecast on a very light south to south east so as long as the fog does'nt raise its ugly head it could be half decent.
BS