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A wild and wet morning at Fly Flatts with a moderate to strong WSW>5 gusting>6 with a mix of heavy rain and drizzle showers throughout on full cloud at 9 degrees.
Back to the winter gear this morning with the cold wind blowing the rain and drizzle horizontally across the water. Despite the rain, the sky was full of Swifts and Swallows all frantically feeding so there were obviously flies up there.
A poor show otherwise, in the conditions, with the usual Common Sandpipers but no other waders showing today, other than 3 Lapwing. The annual breeding Pied Wagtails have once again raised 3 juvs, all flying and a second brood on the way.
Just 2 LBB gulls over and a single Buzzard over the moor hovering, despite the wind and rain, but no signs of yesterdays pale Buzzard, which thanks to feedback off the blog from KM, he had, presumably the same pale Buzzard recently over Haworth moor.
The above photos are just experimental with suddenly the laptop refusing to recognise the camera so the only way I can get any photos onto the blog is to photograph the images from my camera using my mobile phone and then e mail them to myself to get them onto the laptop.
I love this modern technology where everything is described as super intelligent apart from the person that has to work it. I'd be happy to go back to the days when I started birding when all you took out onto the field was a pair of bins, a notebook and the Observers Book of Birds, which I still have my original 1960 edition. Happy days.
A cloudy day tomorrow with a lighter sou'westerly and chance of showers.
BS