Dense fog as expected yet again so another trip to Leeshaw which was below the cloud base but remained dark and misty throughout on a light NE>3 at 10 degrees.
The 3 keys on my laptop, F,O,G, are nearly worn bare with the use they have had lately with the amount of fog I,ve had up on the tops in the last couple of months and still it continues.
A morning similar to yesterday with a good count of gulls but very little in the way of movement under the low cloud base.
A good move >NE of Greylags with 1 Pink Footed in with them although its possible that these were locals moving fields and the Pinkie was the one that over summered here, last seen in June this year.
A group of 18 Mallard had appeared since yesterday whilst 9 Lapwing were on the shore along with 2 Heron and 2 Cormorant with 4 Cormorant over >NE.
Wind still NNE tomorrow bringing , you guessed it, more fog, plus the added bonus of rain, just to put another nail in the coffin. Possibly a chance of visibility on Tuesday as the wind turns westerly, but before you get excited, its back to the east on Wednesday.
VIS MIG
4 Cormorant .................>NE
14 Mipits.......................>S
2 Swallow.....................>S
83 Greylag...................>NE, possibly locals ?
1 Pink Footed Goose...>NE possibly over- summered bird ?
PRESENT
9 Lapwing
4 Herring gull
c 60 LBB gull
5 Common Gull
c 200 BH ull
18 Mallard
c 40 Canada geese
15 Greylag geese
2 Cormorant
2 Heron
+ usual sp.
BS