As expected, a real grim day today with fog on the tops throughout and most lower areas misty and dark.
Leeshaw this morning was birdable but very poor light with light mist at 3 degrees on a E>2 bringing heavy rain by 0945 hrs.
Not as many gulls about today but a good selection of Herring gulls of every age group so with those, plus around 400 mixed Black Headeds and Commons, I,d plenty to scope through.
Apart from a small count of Greylag and Canada geese nothing else of interest was present apart from the usual species.
With dense fog still in Queensbury late afternoon I dropped down to Mixenden reservoir where the sky was dark as night with mist and light rain throughout.
With several people on the west bank fishing , in a fashion, as well as lobbing stones in the water, I was committed to the east bank which I usually avoid as it is very exposed, unlike the west bank where you are hidden by the waterside trees.
Around 100 small gulls were on the grass banking and down the cobbles along with a single Cormorant but no big gulls at all today.
The water held a single female Goldeneye, 2 female Goosander and 2 Mallards, or this was as much as I could find in the conditions.
Another calm and foggy day tomorrow until the east breeze turns west midday and hopefully moves the fog.
Leeshaw
26 Herring gull
5 LBB gull
c 400 small gull
+ usual sp.
Mixenden
c 100 small gulls
1 f Goldeneye
2 f Goosander
1 pr Mallard
1 Cormorant
+ usual sp.
BS