Nice to feel a cold wind at Fly Flatts this morning putting me back in my top coat with a moderate
E>4 gusting 5 at 10 degrees with near full cloud and breaks of sunshine.
A quiet morning bird wise with very few waders other than Common Sandpipers and Redshank plus a single Oystercatcher and 1 Little Ringed Plover.
Two surprises this morning with the rare sighting this year of a Short Eared Owl, well out over the western ridge, plus, the highlight of the morning being, a very late female Ring Ouzel which flashed over my head and into the lagoon tree then off >W, stopping briefly on a distant fence. Just when I thought it was over for Ring Ouzels. I,ve had them into mid May at this site but this is the latest.
Otherwise down to a Buzzard, 2 Kestrels and the usual species.
Unfortunately the heat is back on tomorrow but not till late morning when I've gone back into the shade. A starting temp of 10 degrees rising to 24 degrees with early cloud and then full sun but retaining the moderate easterly.
BS