The planned visit to Fly Flatts was fogged off this morning so headed below the cloud base to Ogden which turned out to be a washout.
The ice has gone now but so had the birds, apart from a very few resident Mallards and one Blackbird no other bird of any description was seen, oops I tell a lie, there were a few Corvids about. No passerines in the trees or hedges and not a single gull to be seen. Think they must have all stopped in bed this morning, even the feeders were deserted.
It seems to be this heavy blowing drizzle that puts them to ground but why no gulls I dont know.
All I got this morning for my efforts were a reet good soaking and 3 soggy dogs but never mind, thats birding, and every dip brings you nearer to that mega sighting.
On the plus side, 53 Common gulls were back in Foxhill park first light so it was obviously the frozen ground that moved them on.
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