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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