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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




Friday, April 17, 2026

A breezy Fly Flatts

 

                                    3 Common Sandpiper now present.











A dark cloudy morning at Fly Flatts with full cloud cover on a moderate SW >5 gusting 6 at 8 degrees but feeling much colder in the wind. Light rain by 0945 hrs.
    Sand Martins and Swallows were the highlight of the morning with a steady flow of both species low over the water >SE drying up by 0830 hrs. Approx 50 Swallows and 20 Sand Martins through.
    Just 7 Wheatear this morning plus 6 Pied Wagtails and a pair of Stonechat along with several Meadow Pipits.
   Common Sandpiper were up to 3 along with 4 Oystercatchers and 6 Redshank plus the usual Curlews and Lapwings. A single Raven was being mobbed by Curlews.
  Apologies for yesterdays blog which is now published below todays. I was quickly skimming through the RNLI lifeboat live web cams last night and got involved watching Hornsea lifeboat launching and completely forgot that my blog was ready but not published. 
    A 50% chance of rain early morn but soon clearing to leave a bright day on a moderate westerly starting off at 7 degrees.
BS