A bright sunny and calm start to the morning on a W>2 at 3 degrees then clouding over mid watch and wind increased to W>3.
Good skies this morning but nothing on the move with just 2 Raven and 2 Buzzards in the air and not a gull in sight. Geese are slowly returning to the water now with 11 Canadas and a single Greylag along with 17 Mallard.
That was it apart from around 50 Fieldfare in the Nolstar field as well as a large flock of Starling.
As I looked down on Cold Edge dams on the way home there was a field full of gulls so mid afternoon I went up there to check them out. Of course when I got there the field was empty along with everywhere else. All 4 dams were completely void of bird life with the only birds seen were in the goose field with 83 Canada and 37 Greylag along with half a dozen small gulls and a single Meadow Pipit. Strangely the Barnacle goose was missing.
Years ago I used to vis mig from here every Sunday and have regular meetings with the original owner who used to tell me what he had seen during the week. The place now is very hostile with having to park a mile away and everything is being done to keep the public away with a mass of warning signs and barb wire. I was told by a walker that they are wanting to have the public footpath taken off and make the dams private other than the boat club. Not a nice place to visit anymore.
BS