Fly Flatts 0645 hrs First light, Mist and heavy drizzle
Got plenty seed down , all quiet on the water, no sky visibility.
Mixenden Reservoir Rain, better visibility. Few small gulls on the water.
Ogden, Rain then brightening up. Water poor, Teal gone.
Good fall of Blackbirds around the track.
Just getting despondent when from the west bank area I heard a skein of Pink Footed Geese to my west but screened by the trees, camera at the ready I waited but the calls got fainter and fainter, a near miss. A call from HC at Oxenhope reported them over Clayton >E. The skein of 200 had snooked past me.
A meet with Pete Smith had also heard the geese but were not visible even from his position above the top car park.
Next a call from NK at Queensbury south with a skein over Shelf Moor >E, also picked up by HC at Oxenhope.
It was obvious now that the first Trans Pennine move of Pinkies was underway with geese moving west to east.
Next move was up to Soil Hill for a brief watch then on to the Roper Lane watch point when I got another call from HC with a skein of 220 to the east of me heading >E towards Yeadon.
Back in the car and a dash to Pit Lane just in time to see a massive skein disappearing into the low cloud beyond Yeadon airport.
A great but hard work morning for geese but disappointingly an empty camera, oh well, can,t have everything.
Thanks to HC , NK and PS for info.
BS