The good weather forecast for today lasted until 0800 hrs with blue sky and sunshine before clouds rolled over from the west bringing drizzle on an icy cold W>4 at 4 degrees.
By 0945 hrs the sky was dark and the rain coming down in stair-rods turning to heavy hailstones as I drove through Mixenden.
Waders are still looking good with now 3 Common Sandpipers, 3 Ringed Plover, 7 Oystercatcher and 2 Redshank as well as many Curlew and Lapwing. Where have all the Snipe gone with none at Leeshaw as well as Fly Flatts where once there were several and last year produced 1 bird at each site apart from a group of 10 movers over Leeshaw.
Apart from the waders there was just 4 LBB gulls >NE plus the usual species whilst the only small passerines were Meadow Pipits and Linnets.
Swallows were moving over Foxhill >N this p.m. as the weather brightened.
Looking grim for tomorrow with a gale force wind alternating between west and west/north/west with plenty rain.
BS