A real miserable morning weather wise at Fly Flatts 0700-1000hrs with low cloud as well as mist and drizzle on a strong S >5 with limited visibility.
No chance of fly overs in the low cloud base but several passerines had come down by the lagoon and around the boatyard with Wrens, Reed Buntings and Stonechats plus a few Meadow Pipits.
Golden Plover were on the east bank whilst I was lucky enough to catch a Kestrel bathing in the pools. A small number of Woodpigeons came through low below the cloud.
Just as I was packing up a call from DCB at Oxenhope watch point alerting me of a single Whooper Swan heading south towards the wind turbines and possibly Fly Flatts. With low cloud and the turbines blanked out it must have slipped past me in the fog or gone low at the east side of the ridge.
On the way home I looked for it at Cold Edge dams, Mixenden reservoir and Ogden but it must have gone straight through and just flying low to get below the cloud base.
1 Kestrel
18 Woodpigeons................>S
11 Reed Bunting
5 Stonechat
4 Wren
2 Mipits
23 Golden Plover
38 Mallard
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