Early doors at Fly Flatts in sub zero temperatures,-2 rising to 0 degrees in a low ESE>2 with full cloud cover and hazy sunshine. The SE corner of the reservoir and the lagoon are again frozen over.
With mist in the valleys the skies looked good for some Pink Footed movement but the only movement was gulls all heading >E with 39 Black Headed and 78 Herring gull along with 4 Lesser Black Backed >NE. The usual Ravens were around as well as the 2 resident Carrion Crows and a few Red Grouse but otherwise ,as expected, quiet in the low temperatures.
A scan of Mixenden, in passing, for Whooper Swan, found 12 Canadas and an influx of 15 Mallard.
Several big gulls over the house late afternoon heading for the Oxenhope gull roost where CK was waiting and came up with a good count of roosting gulls on the water.
Fly Flatts
2 Raven
2 Carrion Crow
78 Herring gull........................>E
39 BH gull..............................>E
4 LBB.....................................>NE
few Red Grouse.
Mixenden
12 Canadas
15 Mallard
sev small gulls
BS
Oxenhope Reservoir Members only
c 5000 Common
c 3000 BHG
100 Herring
2 LBB
+ several gulls would still have been coming in last light.
CK