A bright crisp morning at Ogden with plenty blue sky and sunshine but very icy at minus 1 degree on a light SE>2. Due to Calderdale gritting cut backs I had to turn round at the top of Ned Hill with sheet ice on the road so had to divert past Keelham on the main road.
Once again, just a dog walk with very few birds to report other than the usuals. The west bank held nothing, with any birds that could be found being on the east bank.
The Chaffinch flock has now dispersed leaving just 3 in the Willows now that their supply of weeds on the banking are underwater with the reservoir level rising rapidly. A small group of 5 Coal Tit were present along with a pair of Bullfinch, all around the Passerine Alley area whilst a Sparrowhawk whistled across the west bank track, no doubt wondering where all the birds were.
The water held just 18 Black Headed gull whilst the sky above remained empty. Otherwise, just down to the usual expected woodland species plus the Kingfisher, Dipper and Grey Wagtail were down in the sluice gate area.
A similar forecast for tomorrow with some sunshine on a cold but light SSE.
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