With an horrendous afternoon up here in the gods with gale force winds, fog and horizontal drizzle it was a matter of throwing the 300mm round my neck, a 2x converter in my pocket and off with the dogs to Ogden.
Ogden was just below the cloud base so clear but a W>7 - 8 blasted drizzle across the water which was like looking out to sea. Around 150 gulls were out on the water with no banking available but these were impossible to identify with the rain and swell. Most were small gulls but a few LBBs could be picked out. Otherwise it was down to Mallards with the count now grown to 143 but a careful check revealed nothing hiding in amongst them.
Back home and wait for morning with a better forecast of a light north wind and dry forecast which we will believe when we see in.
CLOCKS BACK TONIGHT . End of evening birding.
BS