Leeshaw was absolutely alive this morning in perfect conditions, light N>3, clear blue skies and a heavy overnight frost.
One of those mornings where it was overwhelming trying to catch everything that moved as well as check the birds present.
The water has been lowered leaving a good shoreline which will be useful next month when the waders start moving, this morning it was packed with gulls and geese..
A good flock of Mipits were moving around whilst a Curlew was calling on the moor but kept over the ridge out of sight.
No Golden Plover back at Upper Marsh yet .
63 Greylag
21 Canada
4 pr Mallard
1 Curlew
46 Lapwing
32 Meadow Pipit
c 500 Small gulls
c 140 LBB gulls > NW
4 Herring gull >W
1 GBB >W
5 Goldfinch
1 Siskin
5 Mistle Thrush
16 Redwing
c 40 Fieldfare
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