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BRIAN SUMNER.
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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.
BS




Monday, May 19, 2025

Fly Flatts.

 

                                    1 of 8 male Pied Wagtail




                                    1 of 4 Oystercatcher

Good weather conditions this morning at Fly Flatts with full cloud cover on a light E>3 at 7 degrees.
    Most waders were at distance this morning ,way across on the north shore with 8 Redshank, 
2 Dunlin, 4 Oystercatchers and 3 Common Sandpiper whilst a Snipe was on a distant fence post.
    Several Swallows were heading >N over the water and 3 LBB gulls were in the NW corner.
A surprise to find 6 male Pied Wagtails on the south shore as well as the 2 breeding pair, now feeding young. A Cuckoo was calling from Dean Head.
Just a pair of Tufted on the water as well as the usual geese with a very low count of Canada goslings this year.
A forecast of cloudy sunshine for morning on a light ENE starting off at 7 degrees.
BS