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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Back to Leeshaw below the fog.

 

                                    c 90 Lapwing

                                    4 Curlew present


                                    Only 6 Herring gull plus smalls.

Dense fog on the tops as per norm with Leeshaw just below the cloud-base with decent visibility on a SW>3 at 7 degrees.
      Good to get the call of the Curlew back on the moor with 4 present along with 4 Oystercatcher and a flock of around 90 Lapwing. Goosander numbers were down today with 4 female and 3 male on the water with the usual Canadas, Greylags and Mallards along with a single Cormorant.
       Another poor gull morning with just 6 Herring and around 200 small gull, whilst even the Dog and Gun gull field is failing to attract gulls for some reason.
    Good numbers of Starling in the fields with a few Fieldfare and Stock Doves with them.
  Another showery day tomorrow on a light southerly at 11 degrees early morn.
BS