Another session at Leeshaw on a very dark and wet morning with a mix of rain and drizzle throughout and fog on the tops. Visibility was reasonable, but not camera friendly, with light mist on a E>2 at 4 degrees.
All the usual species this morning but all very quiet seeming disillusioned with the weather and once again all pretty stagnant with very few flying. A pair of Goosander were on the water along with 6 LBB and a single Common gull whilst 6 Redshank were probing the fields.
A very low cloud base so no fly overs other than noisy Curlews and Lapwings squabbling over territory. Very poor on small passerines with just a few Meadow Pipits around though this is not a renown site for Wheatear and Ring Ouzel.
This is a very good site for April Cuckoo which usually appear during the last week of this month.
A text this p.m. from BV reporting a drake Common Scoter on nearby Lower Laithe reservoir, Thanks Brian.
Possible, a morning of no fog tomorrow but rain and a gale force sou'westerly so Fly Flatts could still be unworkable.
BS