The morning watch had to be abandoned due to thick fog with very heavy rain followed by sleet and snow. Early afternoon was brighter with some light drizzle on a cool N>2.
A low expectation visit to Ogden this afternoon turned out to be a good decision, which is usually the case when you are expecting nothing. Very quiet on arrival with 2 Herring, 3 Common and 6 BH gulls on the water whilst the Kingfisher was down in the sluice gate area. I was just going to head back to he car park when the dogs started sniffing around, which luckily stopped me, and as I turned round 2 Little Egret were overhead coming in high from the south. They dropped down half way on the west back out of sight, so thinking they must be on the waters edge near the Alder trees, I headed on the west bank track. To my surprise, as I got near the Alders, both birds were up in the trees, one at each side of the track. I just got some distant photos in time before 2 joggers ran below the trees and flushed them.
They flew low over the water where I lost them, as I was still in the trees, but when I got to a clearing I could see them, again in trees above the north bank. I walked back to the promenade where I could still see them settled near together where they remained as I left.
A single Nuthatch was on the info centre feeders which just rounded the watch off nicely.
Wall to wall sunshine promised for tomorrow on a light N turning NW then W at 0 degrees early morn.
BS