A deteriorating morning with a dark dull start at Leeshaw with a slight SE>3 and light rain soon developing into mist on the hills, heavy rain and wind increase to SE>5.
Leeshaw was lively both in the sky and fields and on the water although nothing to get the adrenalin flowing .
Geese numbers are slowly building along with Mallards whilst large flocks of Fieldfare and Starlings were moving around the fields. A single Curlew was still present and a nice charm of Goldfinch.
Fly Flatts was wind blown and misty with nothing on the water and just a few small gulls and corvids overhead.
The Delvers held Blackbirds, Robins , Greenfinch and Chaffinch.
Leeshaw
c150 Fieldfare
4 Cormorant
23 Mallard
4 Mistle Thrush
30 Goldfinch
11 Canadas
5 Greylag
+ usual sp.
Not a bad start to the new year with a count of 28 species.
BS