A bright morning at Fly Flatts with a cloudless sunny sky on a light WNW>3 at 2 degrees.
Another lively morning but no hirundines through today. A single female Common Scoter was out on the water but way over in the NW corner and out of range. I said yesterday about the pair of Goosanders being rare at this site but this morning there were 4females and 2 males, also at the north end.
A good count of at least 8 Redshank and 5 Oystercatcher whilst the long staying Ringed Plover, or another, was on the south bank. Several Heron on frog hunt and plenty Lapwing and Curlew as well as the usual Canadas and Greylags. Just 3 LBB and 4 Herring gull over >NE butno Wheatear sighting today.
A near miss with the Luddenden Dean/ Midgley Moor Osprey this morning seen by PB and PL. The bird must have continued north up the valley avoiding Fly Flatts but thanks for the shout from Bradshaw John. Also a heads up from MH via DJS with 3 Brent geese >NE over Whiteholme but not over my air space.
A cloudy wet day tomorrow with possibly some outbreaks of sun on a moderate to strong SW reaching gale force by midday at 7 degrees.
BS