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BS




Monday, May 11, 2026

Fly Flatts, Much of a muchness.

 

                                    5 Common Sandpiper








                                    1 Oystercatcher
                                    Redshank way out on he peninsular
                                    4 Wheatear




                                    2 Herring gulls on the Wainstalls football pitch.

A bitter morning at Fly Flatts with a biting NE>4 at 2 degrees and never getting above 3 degrees. Near full cloud with odd breaks of sunshine.
    Fly Flatts is stuck in a bit of a lull at the moment with plenty to see, wader wise, but no new species arriving. Plenty Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin and Oystercatcher coming and going as well as Curlew and Lapwing with just a couple of Wheatear present.
     Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting and Stonechat are busy feeding young and there are a good number of Greylag and Canada goslings present.
   Only sky movement was a few Herring gulls >SE and plenty Swallows skimming the water.
A good report this morning as I arrived home, from Cameron, our next door neighbour, who had a male and female Ring Ouzel on the track between Fleet Lane and Old Guy road, Queensbury as he walked his dogs. The pair were on the track in front of him before flitting into the field not far from the cricket pitch. I had a check there just after midday but nothing to be found other than plenty Linnets and Swallows.
    A windy day tomorrow with a moderate westerly at 6 degrees with cloudy sunshine and chance of rain at midday.
BS