A real wet morning with heavy rain throughout, which on its own is'nt a problem other than keeping the bins and camera dry to avoid steaming up. Luckily the overnight fog cleared by 0815 hrs leaving a low cloud base but adequate visibility over the water at 10 degrees on a light NNW>2.
Best of the bunch was 2 Snipe present, a species that's gone into decline at both Fly Flatts and Leeshaw. A few years back they were a common sight drumming overhead.
Waders were very active with at least 11 Common Sandpiper, 5 Ringed Plover, 3 Redshank and 4 Oystercatchers, but all continuously darting over the water in the hope of finding some shore which is now rapidly disappearing.
A single LBB gull was making a nuisance of itself around the Lapwings, whilst I flushed 3 Swallows that were sheltering in the boathouse entrance porch. The area was alive with Meadow Pipits gathering food for their young.
Looking drier for tomorrow with a day of mixed fog, mist and drizzle. I've been blighted with fog at Fly Flatts since the end of August last year and still it continues.
BS