Miraculously the ice from yesterday was clear this morning leaving it dry on a light SW>3 and a bright sunrise. That was until I approached Fly Flatts where the road was still part icy but passable with fog banks creeping across the moor. Down at the water a bitter cold SW>4 was blowing with an icy track and the sunrise getting blanked out with , yet again, fog.
Just time to check the water before the fog rolled in thickening as the watch went on but enough visibility to check the west bank for Buntings and Larks though this was soon put on a downer with 3 Kestrels along the banking landing and taking off in the fog dismissing any hopes of feeding passerines.
After a walk to the NW corner and back the fog was thicker than ever so an early finish for another Sunday morning and to rub salt in the wounds, 5 minutes drive from Fly Flatts found me in bright sunshine and blue skies all the way home.
BS