The foggy mornings continue with dense on the tops and Ogden reasonable visibility though dark and murky. A light SE>2 at 10 degrees and low cloud base over the top of the plantation.
No sign of yesterdays Shoveler or Med gull with around 200 small gulls, 9 Herring and 5 LBB. As normal in a morning here the gulls were mainly out on the water making checking through them difficult. Afternoon is the best time for gulls at this site as the pre roost gulls settle here before moving off mid afternoon, some to a roost to the >SW whilst others head for TMR or Fly Flatts.
By 0900 hrs the gulls were filtering away to the south leaving just a few small gulls behind.
The waterside trees were very active but very dark viewing made the job difficult with a group of around 15 Long Tailed Tits, 9 Chaffinch and 6 Siskin plus the usual woodland stuff.
By 0930 hrs the public floodgates had opened so time to get out of there.
Back at Queensbury the fog had lifted to mist and Fieldfares were piling over Foxhill >S coming out of the Aire Valley though these birds could have been new arrivals or coming out of the annual massive roost down in Queensbury Station.
Foggy mornings on the tops for the rest of the week with SE and E light winds. Wednesday looks like the only chance of visibility so far.
At least Nov 2nd is one to remember with Med Gull, DB, Common Scoter x6, NK, and Shoveler, BS.
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