A hazy start to the morning but soon lifted to leave 40% cloud with some blue sky and sunshine on a light NW>2 turning N>2 at 15 degrees. Full cloud cover by 1000 hrs.
Another of those hard work mornings scouring the whole of the shore and islands as well as the water and sky. The problem now is, wader-wise, the water is so low, exposing so much shore and islands as well as causeways out into the water, there are so many hiding places among the trenches and stones, plus all the shorelines are now so far away making most of the birding a scoping job, not helped by the heat shimmer.
Having said all that, I did manage to find 2 Dunlin briefly, 1 Oystercatcher and 3 Wheatear. The Wheatear being 2 juvs and an adult in full autumn plumage but again, very distant and flighty.
Just 2 adult LBB gulls on the north shore, one of which had retained its bright pink legs.
Other than that the usual Goldfinch, Mipit, Pied Wag etc.
Another morning of the same tomorrow with cloudy sunshine on a light Westerly at 15 degrees.
BS