With the car in dock this morning it mean't a dip on the birding scene but with yet another morning of a cold strong north westerly I doubt if I'd have missed anything. July is going to be the time, if any, when waders start to appear, that is if there is a miracle and the rain holds off for a couple of weeks at least to get some shore exposed.
Last July brought me Sanderling, Little Ringed Plover, Common Scoter, YL Herring gull and Common Tern along with 6 Tern sp. briefly over the NW corner but disappeared into the mist and drizzle so had to go down as 'Commics'.
In 2019 when the reservoir was part drained for repair I had, July/ August, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Turnstone, LRP and several Dunlin but since then autumn has been a poor show, spring being the usually busy season up there.
A lighter north westerly tomorrow but still down at 7 degrees in the morning.
BS