A good start weather wise with full cloud and a cool WSW>2 at 16 degrees and good visibility, other than the heat shimmer. By 0930 hrs the cloud cleared leaving blue sky and sunshine with the temp soaring up to 23 degrees.
A Greenshank on Saturday and 5 Ringed Plover yesterday had me on a high but this morning I was quickly dropped back down to earth with a bang. A complete clear out of waders was apparent after a walk the full length of the west bank, though hardly surprising that yesterdays birds had left with boats on the water yesterday afternoon and several quad bike tracks on the north shore mud from last night.
A better count of gulls with 12 LBB, 22 Black Headed and 2 Herring but otherwise nothing else around the shoreline. The family of 1 female and 3 young Tufted were still present though I'm expecting them to fledge this week, whilst only a dozen Canadas and 2 Greylag are left now, presumably moved down to Cold Edge Dams.
Several Swallows were heading >S whilst the family of 6 Kestrel and a Raven were over the west bank.
The wave of Mipits from yeserday had moved through leaving just a handful around the compound.
On the way back, 3 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat and a few Mipits were around the Withins Head farm.
Cloudy sunshine for morning at 16 degrees but a very light ESE which could produce fog.
BS