A glorious morning to be up on the tops with wall to wall sunshine at 15 degrees but a pleasant S>4 keeping the heat down and the flies away making it pleasant to walk.
A bit of a lull going on at the moment with plenty Redshank, Common Sandpiper and Dunlin along with Oystercatcher, Curlew and Lapwing but still awaiting some new arrivals. Hopefully, the coming week of dry weather will be enough to let the water level lower enough to give me a bit more exposed shore.
A few LBB gulls over >SW and 2 Buzzards high over ' Tatty Pie Hill' whilst the single Wheatear is still present. Canada goose numbers are well down this year where my usual count of 400+ is down to less than 200, though several have up to 10 goslings. Unfortunately they still keep me busy cleaning the floating jetty after the overnight roost. Having said that, Greylags are on the up with around 30 pairs, all with goslings whereas I used to get just 1 to 2 breeding pair a couple of years back.
A pair of Red Grouse were on the Flat Moor, a rare sight now at Fly Flatts, so much so that there has been no shoots up there for several years.
Its away with the winter gear now and out with the sun cream and insect repellent for the next few days with tomorrows forecast of cloudy sunshine on a light to moderate westerly kicking off at 12 degrees.
BS