A cool morning with very dark clouds on a SW>3 turning W>4 with drizzle followed by torrential rain showers but good reservoir weather. The temp was down to 9 degrees today.
The Ringed Plover pair were taking it in turns to have the chick under their wing when the worst of the rain was falling whilst the Oystercatcher family took shelter in the reed bed.
Some Dunlins moved through now with 9 left, mostly feeding on the north shore mud banks whilst whilst one of the few Curlew left was also on the mud.
A surprise visit from the second Barnacle goose which has been missing from this site since last summer. Most of the Canada goslings are hard to tell from the adults now and some will soon be moving on as well as the Greylags.
Once again plenty Swifts over the water and just one single Stonechat present along with hundreds of Meadow Pipits. Another week and the first returning juv Wheatears will start coming through. Still poor for gulls with just 3 LBBs on the shore.
BS