A bright clear morning at Leeshaw but heavy cloud to the west. Blue sky and sunshine on a light SW>2 at a cold and frosty 3 degrees. By 0945 hrs the mist was rolling in from the west shrouding the moorland tops.
Very little sky movement with just Woodpigeons, Jackdaws and a few Starling but drying up by 0900 hrs. Fieldfares are still holding back after I expected a move today. Previous years big move days have always been between the 14th and the 25th of October, although the big moving days of all species has dropped dramatically from the early nineties when Fieldfare, Redwing, Woodpig and Mipits came over in uncountable numbers.
Gulls and Greylags were on good form this morning with excess of 250 Greylags and a count of 46 LBB, 23 Herring, 28 Common and c 150 Black Headed. I,ve yet to go through the distant photos to make sure I did'nt miss anything special through the scope.
Otherwise it was down to 3 Lapwing, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel and Dipper, plus the usual species.
Looks grim for tomorrow with cloud and light rain throughout on a moderate sou'westerly. Visibility is given as very poor. I,m snookered now when its foggy with Leeshaw out of the running for the next 3 weeks with 2 lots of road closures and long, busy, diversions, so it will be a case of sticking to the lower sites.
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