1430 hrs and in contrast to this mornings visit the sky was blue with wall to wall sunshine on a SW>4 giving a little longer daylight. Good to see the boats back out today after an absence of several months due to low water which has now risen slightly but enough to get the safety boat out for the last 3 Sundays of the season.
Busier than this mornings visit bird wise but no sign of the 2 Dunlin.
The Golden Plover flock was back on the east bank with a count of 44 all stood facing into the wind but at great distance from me on the west bank. The group of 68 Mallards were split between the east bank and north bank with 3 Teal mixed in with them.
Another bag of Nyjer seed down today but not a passerine of any kind in sight with all the Meadow Pipits now cleared from the area. The Ring Ouzels will have gone through by now so its down to the Buntings to make amends by giving us a visit.
No gulls today, just 2 Kestrels and a distant Buzzard, my second Buzzard of the day with one low over Brighouse town centre this afternoon brightening up the shopping trip.
Surely we,ll be getting some winter wildfowl in shortly.
The tit flock is worth a look at now that its building at Ogden
after Caroline , of the Caroline and Mark Murray team spotted a possible Marsh/Willow tit among them. Apart from that its just a few weeks over 6 years since DS found us a Yellow Browed Warbler in with the flock. I,ll be doing some visits there shortly as the days shorten and when I can pluck up courage to face the public there.
BS