is quiet
With thick fog and bad road conditions up here in the gods it was down to Ogden which was bright and clear with plenty snow down.
The Kingfisher made 2 brief appearances before flying off downstream and otherwise it was amazingly quiet.
A full circuit of the water produced 2 Blackbird, 4 Robins and a Dunnock whilst the water held the usual small gulls and Mallards. Great Tits and Blue Tits were on the feeders and 6 Lapwing flew overhead >SW.
A check of the Raggalds area fields found the Lapwing flock of 83 on the Pit Lane football pitch but no Goldies present.
Ogden has had the worst autumn/ winter period for as far back as I can remember and for some reason is attracting large numbers of the public making weekend birding there impossible apart from early morning. When I left at 1000 hrs this morning it took me 20 minutes to get out with once again gridlock conditions and cars queueing down the main road to get in.
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