A real miserable bank of weather today with thick fog and never clearing all day but swirling around both on the tops and lower ground. Heavy drizzle all morning on an E>3 turning NE>3 then S>3 at 3 degrees.
Ogden was very wet and misty with only 3/4 of the water visible and heavy drizzle throughout.
The water held 2 Herring gull and several small gulls as well as the usual Mallards whilst a female Goldeneye flew across the water and disappeared into the mist. I only got it by hearing the unique noise they make as they fly.
Gt Spotted Wdpecker and Nuthatch were around the lodge house feeders and 3 Bullfinch were in the car park trees.
Trying to get away from the fog I did a gull check at Horton Bank Top country park only to find the water was still 50% frozen with just a few Black Headeds present plus an adult LBB and Herring with the normal species on the water.
Wibsey Park fared better with around 200 small gulls but a sift through failed to find a Med gull. Just the one big gull with a smart looking 2nd winter Herring.
Surprisingly the drake Shoveler was still present on the lake which was first located 9/1/21 by DH , very unusual for them to hang around this long. Around 14 Tufted were present along with 4 Mute swans, 3 with rings and 1 unrung bird. Lots of Canadas, Greylags etc showing that parks are where a lot of the winter wildfowl hang out for easy food over the winter.
Ogden
2 ad Herring
1 f Goldeneye
1 Gt Spotted Wdpeck
1 Nuthatch
2 f 1 m Bullfinch
+ usual sp
Horton Bank Top CP
2 Mute Swan
1 ad Herring
1 ad LBB
c40 small gulls
+ usual Tufteds, Coot, Moorhen etc
Wibsey Park
4 Mute Swan
1 m Shoveler
14 Tufted
1 3cy Herring
c 200 small gulls, mostly BH gull
+ Canadas, Greylags, Mallards, Coots, Moorhen etc
BS