Bright clear skies when I left Queensbury early morn until I hit the fog at Fly Flatts. By 0815 hrs the fog lifted giving horizontal visibility but very low cloud above. By 0900 hrs the fog rolled back in cutting visibility down to a few yards with a light W>3 at 10 degrees.
Even when there was visibility the place was near void of birds with 2 Mipits, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Herring gull and a Pied Wagtail.
With the worst autumn on record for this site, even though the shore was excellent for waders, just a single juv Ringed Plover and very few migrants, its time to put Fly Flatts on hold until the spring which is the only time it seems to produce now, as long as the water is down. I seem to be rapidly running out of venues lately. There has been 17 mornings of fog at Fly Flatts so far this October.
A light WNW for morning with full cloud.
BS