A dark cloudy start to the morning with a light snow shower on a NNE>3 at 1 degree brightening as the watch went on but bitterly cold.
As expected , the 3 Barnacle geese that dropped in yesterday had moved on with just the resident Cold Edge Barnacle present, which is again paired up to a Canada. The 3 Barnacles yesterday are a good record for Fly Flatts.
Just the original pair of Ringed Plover today with no signs of yesterdays second male whilst the 2 Oystercatchers were still present on the east shore. A single Curlew was over the wind turbines whilst 8 Herring gull headed >NE.
A count of 28 Mallard on the water, one of which has tricked me for the last 4 years with the body plumage of a Shelduck from a distance.
A report today from Oakworth birder Andrew with a skein of 65 Pinks >N over his area at 1500 hrs. Thanks for that Andrew.
BS