With all the upland venues inaccessible and daylight against me it was back to Ogden to see what had come in with the snow. I find it amazing that I have shoveled a good depth of snow this morning before work so the dogs could get out in the garden yet a shopping trip in Halifax this afternoon had no sign of snow what so ever.
Things had livened up at Ogden due to the cold spell with 38 Canadas on the water as well as the usual Mallards. Around 200 small gulls were out in the middle along with
3 Herrings but no LBBs.
Way over under the north banking 7 Teal skirted along the edge of the water disappearing into the NW corner whilst bird of the day was 4 separate Cormorant over very high and NE. The last time I got a NE movement of Cormorant, this time from Fly Flatts, a Gt White Egret followed on but not this time.
Back in the car park Goldfinches were coming in to roost whilst a Gt Spotted Woodpecker dropped down into the Rhododendrons .
After a call from Craig at Mixenden reporting a bird larger than a duck with a bright orange bill on the reservoir I did a quick check on the way to Ogden to find ,as expected, a female Goosander mixed in with the gulls as well as 1 female Goldeneye . All the gulls were Common and Black Headed apart from 2 LBBs . Thanks for the call Craig, keep em coming.
BS