Bonus morning, 9 Whooper Swans >E over Leeshaw
Nearly missed these as still part dark
Plenty Cormorants on the move
Skies full of Woodpigeons
7 Cormorant on Leeshaw
Juv Cormorant
Fields full of pheasant.
At last a clear but damp morning very slow to come light.
Had to wait at Lower Laithe for some light to appear before I could check the water.
First light and very dull at Leeshaw when 9 Whoopers came over very high and direct West to East.
Several Cormorants were moving, some calling in at Leeshaw.
Leeming res was the only one with shoreline but nothing special there.
Lower Laithe 0730 hrs
18 Mallard
2 Cormorant
Sev small gulls
Fieldfares over into wood
Leeshaw 0745hrs
9 Whooper Swans..........................>E
7 Cormorant
9 Mallard
1 Heron
1 Little Owl calling
1 Kestrel
200+ Woodpigeons
9 Meadow Pipit
1 Wren
17 Lapwing
usual corvids and small gulls
Leeming
28 Mallard
1 Cormorant
1 Jay
sev small gulls
BS