The weather goes one extreme to the other at Fly Flatts with this morning being very still, NW>1, at an uncomfortable 12 degrees bringing swarms of midges. Part cloudy turning to full sunshine.
Much quieter than yesterday when conditions were near perfect, with the waders today sticking to the east shore, so mostly scope work.
A pair of Tufted were new in along with more female Wheatear. The female Wheatear on yesterdays and todays blog has no tail and is really confusing, i.d-wise when in flight.
Waders were more or less the same as yesterday with still 3 Dunlin present as well as the Common Sandpipers, Ringed Plovers, Redshanks and Oystercatchers.
A single LBB gull on the west bank whilst 14 Herring gull headed very high and >SE. Again, plenty Swallows but no Swift as yet.
A substitute mid afternoon dog walk on Ned Hill track just provided 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Linnet and a Skylark with 2 Buzzards soaring very high up over the Col but no Whitethroat in the usual hotspot.
I should'nt have moaned about todays weather as tomorrows forecast for morning is promising a light north easterly with, of course, fog.
BS