A good morning at Fly Flatts with a clear start and good visibility at 6 degrees on a light NW>3 and light drizzle. By 0915 the drizzle turned heavy and a large fog bank rolled in partially cutting visibility down but this passed through within 15 minutes leaving it clear but wet.
Bang on time I located my first, expected, Ringed Plover back on the south shore before heading over to the west bank. A pair of Oystercatchers were on the east bank along with 2 Curlew and 15 Lapwing holding territory on the Flat Moor.
The water held a pair of Tufted duck along with several Canada and Greylag geese and a few Mallard. The compound area held 3 Stonechat, but very mobile, whilst a Robin and 2 Wrens were in the compound bushes.
On the way home, a check of the Nolstar fields produced 2 very welcome Golden Plovers, a species well in decline in the Fly Flatts area over the last few years. Up until then, flocks of 300 + were a common sight on the Flat Moor.
Looking about the same, weather wise, for tomorrow with plenty cloud and chance of light rain on a light NW but colder at 4 degrees.
BS