Luckily for me the overnight thick fog amazingly cleared by 0600 hrs to leave Fly Flatts with a low cloud base which quickly cleared to leave broken cloud and sunshine on a bitterly cold ENE>3-4 at 4 degrees.
The moderate easterly wind livened things up bringing quiet a few gulls through with 6 Herring and 13 LBB >SE whilst 4 Black Headed gulls gave me a heart stopping moment, thinking Terns, as they came in at the far north end with 2 of them attempting to land on the floating buoys. Eventually they headed off high and >SW.
Once again, alive with Wheatear, a couple of which I fancied as Greenland, with a conservative count of 16 birds along the south and south quarter of the west bank.
Sand Martin and Swallows were moving >NE into the wind with 4 Sand Martin and around 12 Swallows, this is my best ever spring for Sand Martin at this site as in previous years I have struggled to get them before the Autumn vig mig.
A lull in waders with just the usual Common Sandpipers, Redshanks, Oystercatchers, Curlews and Lapwings and no chance of listening for Cuckoo this morning in the strong wind.
More signs of scum fever up there with a car trashed on the top road and one of the farmers large steel gates stolen from down the entrance track.
Another fine sunny day tomorrow on a moderate NNE starting at 3 degrees but again a threat of fog overnight into early morn.
BS