0700 hrs Leeshaw Reservoir in heavy rain then drizzle with low scud clouds eventually dropping down as fog aborting the watch at 0930 hrs.
Around 100 out of the 300+ Goldies were still in the Upper Marsh field, possibly more further back in the mist. Another week or so and they,ll be back on the moor.
The water was quiet with the usual Greylag, Canada and Mallard along with a pair of Teal whilst wader wise there were Redshank, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Snipe and Curlew present.
The resident Little Owl was on the sheltered side of the wall with 2 Dippers which flew from the overflow down stream.
A mixture of LBB and Herring passed through briefly dropping onto the water whilst for one heart stopping minute a suspected Tern ended up as a single Black Headed gull.
Typical Bank Holiday weather giving me and the dogs a good soaking but good weather for water birds passing through. 0930 hrs and fogged off.
c100 Golden Plover
3 Oystercatcher
4 Redshank
Little Owl
2 Dipper
1pr Teal
1 Heron
7 Herring gull
16 LBB gull
1 BHG gull
2 Snipe
+ usual Curlew, Lapwing, etc
Strangely not a Hirundine in sight . Received a text from PT who had his first Swallow of the year by Coley church on Wednesday.
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