Fly Flatts this morning was in what seemed to be ideal conditions with 60% cloud cover on a W>4 at 0 degrees and good visibility but unlike yesterday morning things were quiet.
No continuation of the Herring gull move which was on a very broad front after I had a count of over 500 but the big groups were far out to the west coming from the Greater Manchester area where SJ had a count of 1721 over his watch point at Bury, Gt Manchester.
No gull of any kind this morning and just 6 Fieldfare over as well as the usual Stonechats, but only 2 present today, along with 3 Reed Bunting.
The Peregrine made a quick fly past and 2 Kestrels were over the quarry.
By late afternoon a massive fog bank was hanging over the western ridge giving me just enough time to walk on to the NE corner and check out that end of the shore which I have had to neglect, first with the fog and then ice on the sloping cobbled bank .
By the time I got back to the boatyard I could hardly see the dogs on the end of the leads it was so dense but looking back from Queensbury when I got home I could see the wind turbines in clear sky again. Hopefully it won,t return for the morning when I,ve got a meeting with 5 Snow Buntings and a Shorelark, you,ve got to think positive !!
BS