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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.
BS




Friday, May 8, 2026

Wader morning, Fly Flatts

 

                                    1 pair Tufted duck

                                    6 Wheatear



                                2 birds, not a mirror image



                                    Several Common Sandpipers





                                    Redshanks


                                    and Dunlins




A decent morning at Fly Flatts with full light cloud on a light S>3 at 8 degrees with broken cloud and sunshine by 0930 hrs.
   Apologies for yesterdays missing blog, which is now below tonight's. Once again I got watching a lifeboat launch on live web cam and then forgot to publish the blog which was ready and waiting.
     A pleasing wader morning with several Redshank, Common Sandpiper and Dunlin but no sign of yesterdays Ringed and Little Ringed Plovers. A Snipe was up drumming, a rare species for this site over the last couple of years.
   At least 6 Wheatear were present, a couple of which looked good for Greenland, whilst a pair of Tufted duck were on the lagoon before moving off onto the reservoir. Otherwise down to the usual species with now 5 adult white Greylags.
    Once again, the forecast for tomorrow is 50% chance of rain, though they have said that for the last 2 days with nothing developing. A light NE wind is forecast at 8 degrees.
BS