A day of sunshine and light snow showers with a cold N>3 with the temp down at 0 degree early morning.
Ogden was very quiet for both the public and the birds with a full circuit of the water only providing the usual Robins, Wrens, Dunnocks and Blackbirds whilst the water held 4 Canadas, 3 LBB gulls and the usual Mallards. A pair of Grey Wagtails were mobile around the waters edge along with a single Heron.
A good start to the month at Fly Flatts mid afternoon with a Common Snipe followed by a Jack Snipe flushed not far in front of me. The Common Snipe did the usual up and away heading skyward zig zagging and calling whilst the Jack Snipe quietly rose up and dropped about 20 yards away.
I locked onto its position and carefully walked towards the area with camera at the ready only to have it lift and drop again before I even had time to lift the camera.
Not wanting to flush it again I moved on and was surprised to find the 2 Ringed Plovers joined with another 3 males all in the same area. Strangely the 11 Redshank that have been around a few days seemed to have moved on with no signs for 2 days now.
Otherwise just the usual geese, Curlews and Lapwings. No sign of all the frogs today and all the mass of spawn was frozen solid in the water. Also another load of spawn that had been laid in waterside pools had now dried out, with the water level dropping, leaving the spawn high and dry.
BS