Ogden early morn. Nice cloud cover
Drying out
Common gulls returning
Big Bill
Thought Ogden was worth a coat of looking at this morning as early Sept last year was the time we had Gadwall, Shoveler and Teal all at the same time but unfortunately none of these this morning.
Conditions were much better than yesterday with some sun at 0700 hrs but this was soon taken over by 100 % cloud cover and a light SW>3.
The water just held the usual gulls, Cormorants and Heron with very little flying over other than a few Swallows. The west bank is where all the action was with a large flock of small passerines moving through about 30 yds into the wood. This group consisted of Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Tree Creepers, Nuthatch , the rest being Great, Blue and Coal Tits.
On the way back I did a tour of local hotspots in the hope of moving passerines but nothing special found.
Ogden
1 Goldcrest
1m Blackcap
2 Treecreepers
5 Willow Warblers,
1 Chiffchaff
sev Coal, Blue and Great tits
1 Heron
5 Cormorant
+ usual sp.
Ned Hill Track
2 Willow Warblers
sev Mipits
Raggalds Flood
2 Pied Wagtail
sev Mipits
Green Lane
50 + Swallows on wires
Corporal Hill
c 30 Greenfinch
c 50 Goldfinch
Shelf Moor trailer park field
c 50 Mipits
2 Lapwing
BS