A bright clear morning with 30% cloud and full sun with a heavy ground frost at 1 degree on a light N>3.
Waders so far are doing well despite the lack of shore with 4 Ringed Plover, 6 Oystercatchers,
2 Common Sandpiper and 3 Redshank, as well as the Lapwings and Curlews. Strangely, no Snipe up drumming, neither Fly Flatts or Leeshaw, with only single sightings last year apart from vis mig movers.
A surprise to find 3 Golden Plover in the Nolstar field which I tried to turn into Dotterel. Hopefully they'll arrive next month. Its 7 years since the last Dotterel were found in this field and Golden Plover are getting nearly as rare in my area.
A group of 21 Herring gull were at the NW corner of the reservoir making problems for the breeding Lapwings and geese whilst a single Wheatear gave me a fleecing glimpse as it flew from the track side to the fields. A Skylark was on the track side fencing which is not a common sight in the reservoir grounds.
The clear, bright skies were remarkably quiet with very little on the move other than 4 Swallow heading >N.
A similar forecast for morning but the light north wind turning north east and slightly milder. No report of fog at the moment.
BS