A decent morning at Leeshaw with partial cloud and some sun on a light SW>3 at 4 degrees.
The first Curlew arrived bang on schedule, the first arriving on the 8th last year. It flew in from the >NW and landed in a distant field up near the moor. Oystercatchers also started to arrive on the 8th last year so should be arriving any day now.
Around 200 small gulls but only 6 Herrings, one of which had a yellow leg ring, possibly my Soil Hill bird from last week. A good count of geese with 138 Greylag and 38 Canadas in the goose field and then on the water.
Just 8 Lapwing showing today and around 12 Stock Dove plus the usual species.
A mid afternoon look at Ogden found the west bank ,yet again, deserted, and nothing on the water other than the Mallards and gulls with around 80 mixed Common and Black Headed along with 8 Herrings.
BS