Fly Flatts this morning was another disappointment with a low cloud base, mist and heavy rain turning to drizzle on a moderate to strong N>5 gusting 6 at a cold 5 degrees.
The weather improved mid watch but too late for vis mig and very poor for birds, which seems the norm at this site recently.
Just 2 Swallows >N, 2 LBB gulls, 3 Mipits and a single Mallard plus a dozen Crows and that was it.
By 0930 hrs I was 'frozzen daft' and wet through, and any enthusiasm of birds well gone. Whatever has happened to this site !
To make amends my afternoon dog walk was at Ogden which restored my fading interest slightly with nothing special but plenty birds present.
Best of the bunch was a Little Grebe diving constantly way out in the middle of the water, showing how shallow it is at the moment, whilst a single Goosander was present.
Just 2 Herring gull along with 7 Common, 18 LBBs and around 50 Black Headed but nothing in the waterside trees other than a few Tits and a single Goldcrest. This site must be due for a Yellow Browed Warbler by now, the last one seen being 29th and 30th September 2012.
As long as the weather forecast does'nt mess up like it did today, morning looks good with clear skies and sunshine on alight westerly but down to 2 degrees.
BS