A gloomy morning at Leeshaw with dark clouds and light drizzle with rain mid morning on a moderate SW>5 . By late afternoon the wind had dropped to W>4 with heavy to torrential rain throughout. I stuck it out in the afternoon because you never know in these conditions and as my old Grandmother used to say," Tha nobbut gets wet once and tha'll noan melt".
Much quieter than yesterday with a lower number of gulls through although there were plenty in the surrounding fields. A check of the Herring gulls, as best I could in the conditions, failed to find any more Yellow Legged and nothing outstanding in the small gulls.
Goose numbers are building with hopes of previous years Brent and Barnacle as well as grounded Pink Footed. Very little else but the kind of weather when you need to be watching a reservoir, just in case!
Leeshaw Reservoir
1 Snipe
27 LBB gull
c 100 BH gull
13 Herring gull
28 Greylag goose
19 Canada goose
38 Lapwing
12 Mallard
+ usual sp.
Lower Laithe reservoir
c 50 BH gull
2 LBB gull
16 Lapwing
BS
38 Mallard
4 Canada
BS