with different stages of head patterns
1445 hrs and a better day than yesterday with several sleet showers but nothing as serious as yesterday with a good depth falling overnight. Plenty periods of sunshine today and a heavy thaw going on despite the cold NW>4.
Access to Ogden was ok but a real sloppy watery mess both in the car park and along the promenade. No time to go around the water but would,nt have attempted it with the dogs as it is thick bog on the track due to the melted snow and the quad bike and trailer messing about with Christmas trees which seems a waste of time each year as the trees never rot down and just end up blown onto the banking or in the water.
A real quiet session with only around 50 Black Headed gulls on the water and 3 Commons although the BHGs were interesting to look through being a bit closer to shore than usual showing the many different stages of hoods, some in full winter , then through several stages with some near to full summer.
Strangely not a Mallard in sight in the usual corner but with the NW >4 blowing they were probably sheltering at the northern end of the banking.
The feeders were quite busy with several Coal Tits plus the usual sp but no Nuthatch whilst a check in the sluice gate area just produced a single Wren.
It looks like we,re going to be plagued with this snowy weather over the weekend but at least its giving the daylight time to come back again.
BS