A visit to Green Lane at 1645hrs to check the conditions for movers over Ringby found Ringby Top shrouded in cloud and heavy drizzle pushed on by a SW>5 which was rapidly getting worst the 15 minutes I was there .
The only sp. likely to move on a night like this was Terns and gulls so off to Ogden to try my luck.
As I got to Ogden the drizzle had turned to rain getting heavier by the minute but its back to work tomorrow so a final dousing would,nt hurt.
There were more small gulls on the water than usual (c 70 ), some flying round feeding, but peering hard through the rain I couldnt make any of them into Terns.
Unusual for here there were 8 Tufteds scattered around the reservoir but little else other than the Mallards which are well down in numbers now but will soon be increasing for the autumn.
At least my birding gear has till the weekend to dry out now.
BS