A very cold start to the morning at minus 2 degrees but full clear blue sky and sunshine on a NW>3.
Very icy roads on the journey there.
Yesterday the rain and dark sky hampered photos and today it was the low bright sun that was a nuisance with everything against sun angle so plenty silhouetting.
A very hectic morning with a mass of gulls and wildfowl on the park lake with around 200 Black Headed, 4 Common, 2 LBB and 19 Herring gull along with 2 Mute Swan from Bank Top , which soon left and headed back in that direction.
A good find of 2 Pochard, neither of which looked like the previous one that recently disappeared from this site and Park dam. Only 2 Tufted present among the Mallard, Greylag and Canada plus the usual Coots, Moorhens and Little Grebe. The woodland just produced, Gt Tit and Chaffinch along with the usual species.
Over the road at Park Dam the Gt White Egret was confined to a distant tree along with 2 Heron whilst the water was active with a new arrival of 35 Tufted duck after a clear-our previously. Still a count of 10 Mute Swan along with 6 Goosander, 2 Gt Crested Grebe and the usual Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Greylag and Canada etc.
The Red Necked Grebe is still present on Leeshaw, going by reports today.
A decent looking day tomorrow with part cloud on a moderate NW at 2 degrees.
BS