A belting morning at Fly Flatts, both weather wise and bird wise with 20% cloud and sunshine on a light SE>3 at 8 degrees. Luckily no fog but a light haze over the moor.
A hectic morning, start to finish being a lot livelier than it was in the wind yesterday. An overnight fall of Meadow Pipits was apparent with good numbers around the fields and banking whilst a good count of 14 Curlew were in the top fields.
Redshank numbers were up with 7 present as well as 2 over the water very high and >S towards Cold Edge Dams. After a lot of searching I managed to find the Ringed Plover hidden away in the tufts of grass on the far end of the NE banking and only showing itself briefly.
Plenty squabbling among the Lapwings on the Flat Moor whilst 6 Oystercatchers were present.
Strange how Herons know when the frogs are spawning with one back on the moor today with a vast number of frogs and spawn around the lagoon area. My first 2 Reed Buntings of the year were back and otherwise down to Greylag and Canada geese as well as Mallards and a single Kestrel over the moor.
Back at the compound, near knocking off time, a skein of 36 Whoopers came in from the south over Tattie Pie Hill heading >NE. I thought they would have come down on the water but continued on, so probably had just left a water to the south, possibly Manchester way.
Another bright dry day forecast for tomorrow but a light easterly bringing early morning fog at 7 degrees.
BS.