sky whilst the camera was set for the water giving me
no time to reset, hence the badly over exposed pics.
With an afternoon free whilst Lynda was attacking Primark with the daughter it was a trip below the snow line to Leeshaw reservoir where conditions were good with 100 % grey cloud cover and a very light breeze . Light snow showers kept threatening but never amounted to much.
Herring gulls were moving throughout all >W with around 150 small gulls on and around the reservoir wall. A Moorhen was in the middle of them all looking out of place on the dam wall.
Just a pair of Goosander on the water along with 3 Cormorant and a few Mallards whilst Greylags and Canada geese were in the fields in small numbers.
A flock of Golden Plover caught me by surprise as they motored >W overhead at speed giving me no time to adjust the camera settings which were set for the dark water shots hence some very poor and well over exposed photos but record shots never the less.
Shortly afterwards, as I was talking to BV, with a lack of concentration , a single Curlew call was heard twice but being unable to get a position on it I had to let that one go.
A check of Lower Laithe reservoir on the return journey found around 100 small gulls and a stop off at Oxenhope pond, where a Kingfisher had been viewed at close quarters several times recently , drew a blank.
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