A clear morning at Leeshaw with 50% cloud and some sun on a light W>3 at 5 degrees.
Another visit to Leeshaw to check on yesterdays gulls without being hampered by the fog with about the same good count as yesterday.
Around 250 small gulls along with several Herring and LBB. The pure white headed LBB was still present, standing out from the rest, whilst a second white headed gull was present but with a pale mantle.
I believe this bird to be a 2CY Caspian showing small dark eye, sloping forehead giving snout nosed look plus white underwings, seen on the images without shade. Poor photos as it took off from the back of the tower and flew west over the fields at the far side of the reservoir. Correct me if I,m wrong. Otherwise the usual species plus a good early morning move of Woodpigs >S.
Raggalds Flood , on the way back, held 93 Lapwing as well as a few small gulls but no wildfowl .
BS