A nippy morning at Leeshaw with a W>2 at 1 degree with full cloud and light snow showers.
The place was buzzing this morning with around 300 Lapwing constantly flying round noisily and arguing for territory in the fields. Curlews were moving >W whilst others were scattered around the fields.
Oystercatcher numbers were well up as well as Greylag and Canada geese starting to use the fields around the water. Not many gulls with around with 100 small and only 5 Herring and still only a single LBB in the area.
A surprise to find 2 Grey Partridge in the goose field, a species that I have,nt had at this site for quite some time. Hopefully they,ll be making a comeback.
A mid afternoon visit to Soil Hill, just to keep it warm for NK, produced very little, as expected, with 1m 2f Teal on the NK pond as well as 2 Moorhen, otherwise, just 2 Pied Wagtail and a Kestrel.
Nothing in the sky other than a few gulls heading for the Oxenhope roost.
LEESHAW
2 Grey Partridge
25 Oystercatcher
136 Canada geese
94 Greylag geese
c 300 Lapwing
5 Herring gull
c 100 small gull
1 Cormorant
16 Curlew
+ usual sp.
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