Queensbury was shrouded in dense, pea souper fog throughout the day scuppering any chance of vis mig this morning.
Deciding where to go late afternoon I plumped for Leeshaw which I expected to be below the cloud base and with it attracting Cormorants I thought it may work the same with Gannets.
Wrong with the Gannets but right with the cloud base where a NNE>4 wind was blowing with cloud blanking the moor tops and heavy drizzle throughout. Perfect wader/ skua/ seabird moving conditions to which I was,nt disappointed.
The water was quiet apart from 9 Mallard and to start with the shore line was deserted due to afternoon anglers but by 1600hrs the fishermen had left and the shoreline started filling up.
Small gulls drifted in slowly, mainly BHGs with a small percentage of Commons whilst a flock of Lapwings scattered themselves around the water.
I heard Curlews calling and 4 dropped into a distant field whilst shortly after a Whimbrel went over >W hardly visible in the fog but constantly calling until it was out of earshot. This was shortly followed by another 4 Curlew which landed on the NE shore.
A small skein on Canada geese went over low >N followed by 13 Pink Footed >N but much higher and very noisy.
2 Snipe went >W and 11 Golden Plover headed >SW.
Just as I was leaving 4 Lesser Black Backed gulls went over >W closely followed by 2 Great Black Backed. A good tea time session courtesy of the weather.
11 Golden Plover.........................>SW
13 Pinkies...................................>N
18 Canadas................................>N + c 40 in field
8 Curlew in from >E then blogging
1 Whimbrel...................................>W
2 Snipe........................................>W
11 Golden Plover........................>SW
c 70 Lapwing
2 GBBs.......................................>W
4 LBBs.......................................>W
+ usual sp.
BS.