0700 hrs at Leeshaw in black clouds and light rain brightening as the watch went on.
Ignoring the call of the Cuckoo this morning I spent the time checking and watching over the water with still no passing Terns though gull numbers are increasing with even a Common gull present. A female Tufted way out on the water had me thinking Scoter until I scoped it to find female Tufted and then a male appeared from under the banking.
Good gull numbers building and my first post Spring Common gull arriving but moving on >W.
16 LBB gull
12 BH gull
2 Herring gull
1 Common gull
1pr Tufted
2 Snipe
3 Redshank
4 Oystercatcher
3 Common Sandpiper
1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Ringed Plover
5 Curlew
1 Little Owl
1 Cuckoo
1pr Pied Wagtail with 1 juv
1 Cormorant
28 Greylag with around 30 young
+ usual sp.
BS