Once again Queensbury ground to a halt early morning with roads impassable even though it had been forecast. Roll on summer so the grit wagons can come out!
With heavy, serious looking snow showers late p.m. I thought it best to stick close to home as the problem with Queensbury is that whichever direction you head off in theres a steep hill to climb to get back home. Hence back to Ogden.
A mix of sunshine and snow showers with the wind dropped made the watch pleasant enough but more or less the same birds as yesterday though a better gull day.
The tit flock was in the same area but only 2 Treecreepers present and a slightly lower number of birds.
A second female Goosander had joined the pair on the water whilst a single Moorhen was near the info centre, probably one of the resident pair.
Gull wise, 5 Commons and 12 BHGs were on the water along with 5 LBBs
which eventually left east along with another 9 LBBs >E heading over Soil Hill probably to the Eccup gull roost which I am told is roosting around 15,000 gulls at present.
A welcome message today from Queensbury birder Mark Murray reporting Brambling in with the Chaffinch on his garden feeders. Mark is one of the few birders that can boast a Firecrest in his garden plus photos a few years ago.
Ogden
5 LBBs present then >E along with another 9.
5 Common gull
12 BH gull
1m 2f Goosander
usual tit flock
2 Treecreeper
1 Moorhen
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