Only the one visit this morning with a hectic afternoon though I dont suspect I missed anything with the SW wind howling and dark skies.
This morning was decent weather wise with 100% cloud cover and a light SW>3 increasing as the watch went on though birding was quiet with no new arrivals and down to 12 Dunlin. 7 Redshank were at the north end along with most of the Dunlin whilst 1 Little Ringed Plover and 2 Ringed Plover were at the south end with most of the Common Sands.
Only 2 LBBs present with 6 Herrings over >SW. Strangely the 2 pairs of Greylag with 9 goslings between them have disappeared from the area probably marching the young ones on to a new location away from the constant threat from gulls. Canadas and Greylag seem to do this when the young are half grown if they are not happy with the location, possibly they,ll turn up at Cold Edge like the Tufted with 9 young did last year.
A few years back a pair of Canadas bred by a large garden pond in Queensbury having 6 young. After losing 2 to Crows , as soon as the goslings were a decent size , they marched them across the main Bradford Halifax road, down Brighouse road, through Tescos car park and across through Littlemoor Park about a good mile away.
Another blustery South Westerly forecast for tomorrow but it may blow something in.
BS