West bank where the fencing is.
After a night of torrential rain sleet and snow things calmed down early morning at Leeshaw with a moderate SW>5 at 3 degrees and just some light drizzle.
Goosander numbers were now at 15 as well as another Oystercatcher arrival bringing the total to 6 now but still just 3 Curlew.
A few Herring gull >W but nothing else on the move. Plenty Lapwing, Starling and Fieldfare in the fields but the only geese present were several small skeins of Greylag all >NW. Plenty flooding on the way to the reservoir driving through Oxenhope.
A late afternoon walk about at Fly Flatts was a touch on the wild side with a strong SW>6 and some heavy but short hail,sleet and snow showers at 4 degrees. It felt windier than it actually was with the the strength only reaching 28 m.p.h.
A very quiet session bird wise but feeling like the time that I should start checking the shoreline . A bit of a race against time this spring wader season with Bentleys saying they should be able to start to let the reservoir water back in by early March and depending on the rainfall it should be ready to sail on by mid April but I need it low until the end of May. Hopefully it will fill enough to get the boats out but leave enough shoreline to attract the waders in.
Leeshaw
8f 7m Goosander
2 Cormorant
22 Mallard
3 Curlew
6 Oystercatchers
c 50 Greylag.....................>NW
9 Herring gull...................>NW
+ usual sp.
Fly Flatts
1 pr Stonechat
1 Canada goose
3 Kestrel
2 Raven
7 Mallard
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