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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.
BS




Thursday, February 7, 2019

Ogden in the gloom


            Kingfisher down in the dark sluice gate

                                        5 Herring gulls present
                                3rd winter loosing head streaking.


                                       Adult winter, lost head streaking









A real misery morning with a dose of everything thrown in, fog on the tops , moderate SW>5,
heavy drizzle with sleet and rain. Apart from that the weather was good!!
                                                   Ogden was pleasing for once with the 4 way traffic lights gone, very few people there and some nice Herring gulls to warm a dull morning. On the down side the Christmas tree quad bike was up and down the west bank so I gave that a miss sticking to the promenade area.
                          The highlight was Herring gulls with 5 on the water and some passing overhead , all very noisy. One Lesser Black Backed was present along with a mix of around 70 Commons and Black Headeds.  Otherwise it was down to the usual Mallards, Kingfisher, down in the depths of the sluice gate, and about a dozen resident Crows which are always around the bread area meaning Mallard breeding is going to be poor this year with little chance of the ducklings surviving once again.
BS