Slightly better weather conditions than expected at Leeshaw early morn with 50% cloud shielding the worst of the sun but a nice cooling SW>3 at, a too high, 15 degrees.
Plenty small passerine s present with 3 Willow Warblers showing signs of some dispersion happening, whilst Mipits were everywhere, along with several Goldfinch on the thistle tops.
No new waders showing around the shoreline as yet with just 3 Oystercatchers, 1 Common Sandpiper along with several Lapwing and a single Curlew high and >NE.
All the usual Swallows, House and Sand Martins with a Kestrel and Raven overhead.
Not the conditions for gulls with just a low number of LBBs and Black Headed through >W whilst around 40 LBB and 5 Herring gull were in the Dog and Gun field, the Herring gulls all being 'argenteus'
with some very dark mantled Lesser Black Backed though probably not dark enough for 'intermedius and hard to get a reliable mantle colour in the bright sunshine.
Looking better for tomorrow with plenty cloud and slightly cooler on a light SSW breeze.
BS