Driving past Crow Point on the way back from Halifax at 1430 hrs a Great Black Backed gull flew over Ringby Top heading West along with at least 3 Herring gulls.
Home and shopping unloaded and arrived at Ogden at 1500 hrs with a real skid patch car park. Several cars were stuck just sliding on the sheet ice but managed to get through and parked up after a few nail biting moments.
The weather was very grey with a cool SW>4 but temperatures beginning to rise and the sun even made a brief appearance as it was setting.
A single LBB gull was the only gull of interest, the rest being Commons and Black Headeds but entertaining to watch the gulls and Mallards in the feeding corner when someone started throwing bread in causing a real commotion.
The Dipper was back in the sluice gate along with a Pied Wagtail whilst a Green Woodpecker was calling from the trees by the Lodge house.
Again a few Herring gulls over >SW at last light with 11 Chaffinch in the car park trees which will hopefully pull in Brambling in the new year.
A text this morning from DW reporting 12 Fieldfare dropping into the Partridge field down Old Guy Road this morning, a good sighting with not many winter thrushes showing in the area. Thanks for that Dave.
BS