With no chance this morning due to dense fog coming and going throughout the morning I plucked up courage to risk Ogden early afternoon, which is not a good move on a weekend afternoon but given the poor conditions I thought it would be less busy.
It turned out to be a good move, finding a drake Shoveler duck out in the middle of the water looking well settled with its partial eclipse plumage.
A good count of gulls which is usually the case in the afternoon at this site , with a count of around 200 small gulls and pre roost birds piling in from the south. Just 4 LBB gull and a contester for a Yellow Legged Herring which stood out from the LBBs with a much paler mantle and duller yellow legs though the dark streaked neck and head puts it question.
A quick look at the west bank alders provided nothing, but hardly surprising with the army of people walking round.
A light SE in the morning with another good chance of fog.
BS