The expected fog arrived overnight but luckily Leeshaw managed to stay below the cloud base leaving it very dark and drizzly on a E>2 at 6 degrees.
Another non photographic morning with insufficient light and the birds too distant for the Canon 300mm lens and way too dark to use the 1.4 converter. Luckily there was nothing of great interest than needed a photo.
With YW repairs going on by the tower the gulls were very mobile. either sticking to the water or in distant fields, but a decent count of Herrings and LBBs as well as the usual Black Headed and Commons. A lot of time spent scoping through them to no avail but surely a Med has got to show up before long, although so far there are not many Commons which usually seem to bring the Meds in with them rather than Black Headed.
The adult Herring gull with Yellow leg ring 5B9B was present briefly in the goose field. I,ve been spotting this bird regular since I first saw it in Feb this year in the Soil Hill reservoir field and since seen it at Ogden, Raggalds Flood and off Taylor Lane.
The bird was rung at Harewood Whin, York in 2015 at the age of 7 making it 15 years old now.
Apart from the gulls, it was just down to the usual species with no wildfowl on the water.
Tomorrow morning could be a better start to the day with a light sou'wester at 3 degrees.
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