Another blunder by the weather forecasters today predicting a dry day but my dripping clothes proves them wrong yet again. The lunch time dog walk was a real wash out with torrential rain and strong to gale force W>6 - 7 with more heavy showers late p.m. but a check on Ogden found a lull in the bad weather with a dry spell and a drop in wind strength.
Around 200 small gulls on the water again, pre roost, before heading off to Oxenhope with only 3 Herrings and 5 LBBs present in the way of big gulls.
The Mallard winter flock is now up to 160 + with possibly more around the shoreline though several of these fly off to roost at a different location.
A flock of 40 + Goldfinch came in to roost in trees behind the info centre whilst 6 Blackbirds dropped into the Rhododendrons , and that's not easy to spell.
Hopefully I,ll be able to get out a bit earlier tomorrow and get a quick visit to Fly Flatts before last light ,otherwise I,ll be getting withdrawal symptoms.
BS.