A very snowy morning up on the tops with a 3" overnight covering leaving road conditions poor. Snow showers continued throughout the day until mid afternoon when I set off for Mixenden Reservoir.
A bright late afternoon with clear skies but a biting W>3 at 1 degree.
A slight improvement on the wildfowl with a single male Goosander on the water along with a pair of Mallard but still no returning Goldeneye as yet.
Very few gulls with around 100 small gulls, 75% of which were Commons, and no sign of the Black Headed with the yellow ring although they spent very little time on the east bank due to a constant flow of dog walkers. Just 2 adult Herring gulls and a single adult LBB whilst a Heron was under the trees on the west bank.
Again a shortfall of small passerines with just one Blackbird and a single Mistle Thrush and nothing in the west bank waterside trees.
Warm and wet is the story for tomorrow with a moderate S turning SW wind.
BS