A real blustery wet morning up at Fly Flatts with a moderate WSW>5 gusting 6 with heavy rain and drizzle showers with full cloud at 9 degrees but good visibility.
A lively morning with a new arrival of 3 Ringed Plovers along with the usual Dunlins, Common Sandpipers, Redshanks and Oystercatchers, as well as a single Snipe.
A Cuckoo was calling from down in the Dean Head valley, my first heard at this site this year, though it remained unseen. Just a single, very flighty, Wheatear left that I could find along with Stonechats and Mipits. Gulls are starting to show again now with several LBB gulls through >SW and a single Common gull attempting to land on a buoy before heading off >SW.
Otherwise just down to the usual species, and a bit of a worry now that if we get much more rain my exposed shore will have gone after a dramatic rise in water after the last few days, even though the drain valve is open.
Another wet and windy start to the morning with a moderate to strong SW with rain and drizzle showers easing after midday at 9 degrees.
BS