A heated morning at Leeshaw with a temperature of 10 degrees with clear blue skies and not a breath of wind sending me and the dogs to the shade behind the car tailgate. Certainly not reservoir birding weather but a nice change from the icy cold easterly.
Several Swallows about over the water but no return of the House Martins to their nest site as yet. The two Pink Footed geese look like remaining here over the summer and possibly trying to mate up with 2 Greylags. Just the same waders with 3 Redshank and 6 Oystercatchers plus the Curlews and Lapwings, the latter having very few sitting since the disturbance in the fields.
At around 0900 hrs a Heron dropped in to the SW corner flushing a Little Egret from a hidden part of the banking where it must have stayed overnight from yesterday when it was reported by BV. It flew across and landed on the bank below the dam wall briefly before climbing high and heading off >N.
Very few gulls now with just 7 LBB and 2 Herring on the far shore as well as a single Cormorant.
A few Mipits and a Wren were the only small passerines present.
A light westerly for morning with cloud and chance of some rain at 8 degrees, the wind set to increase moderate to strong p.m.
BS