Reasonable weather at Leeshaw early morn with full cloud cover on a cold NE>3 at 3 degrees.
A disappointing morning with just the usual species around and nothing on the move overhead.
Plenty small passerines in the Alders with 6 Redwing and several Gold and Chaffinch but no sign of Fieldfare now with most seemingly to have left the area.
The area is still alive with Lapwing as well as 15 Oystercatchers but only 2 remaining Curlew after the large flock seems to have dispersed.
Just Canadas, Greylags, Mallards and 2 Cormorant on the water whilst around 80 small gulls present but no big gulls at all which dashed the idea of picking up CKs Iceland gull which was present at a nearby roost last night.
Sunday afternoon is a no go for Ogden so I just walked through the fields to Old Guy Road to see if any Skylark had returned, which they had,nt, To spice the walk up a bit I put on a Canon fixed
300 mm 1.4 L IS, a lens I seldom use and was getting out of practice with it.
Very little through the fields with just 2 Herring gull along with Black Headed and Common gull whilst a large flock of Starling were moving field to field.
Just 2 Pied Wagtail on the cricket pitch along with 3 Meadow Pipits, another 3 weeks and I,ll be checking for Wheatear here.
BS