A poor morning spoilt with the howling W>6-7, typical for the weekend after a real spring like week working. Some early morning mist soon cleared letting the sun through but remaining icy cold.
Leeshaw was poor due to the winds so dropped down to Lower Laithe and walked along the valley footpath towards Howarth which is beautiful countryside with crippling views.
Unfortunately there is no access to the water so it,s a scoping job from the roadside.
Shay below Soil Hill
Several Lapwings mobbing a Snipe
Denholme Clough
1f Merlin
Leeshaw Res
2 Little Owl
1 Cormorant
100+ Canadas
23 Greylag
11 Curlew
9 Oystercatchers
+ usual sp, no sign of Redshanks
Lower Laithe
1 Shelduck
2m Goldeneye
2 Oystercatchers
sev LBB gulls moving through
+ usual sp.
BS