Several juv Goldfinch
Single juv Oystercatcher
Water level getting very low
More islands appearing
Swifts motoring through
Excess of 400 mixed Greylag and Canada
1 pr Stonehat
A very dark damp morning with light drizzle throughout on a moderate SW>5 with a low cloud base and mist over the moor at 10 degrees.
Only wader found this morning, other than Lapwings, was a single juvenile Oystercatcher with no sign of any remaining Curlew or any other of the Oystercatcher families.
Swifts were piling through >S along with a few Swallows but otherwise just down to several juv Goldfinch and Meadow Pipits along with 2 LBB gulls.
A pair of Stonechat were a good find, a species that's been very rare up here and not seen since last October.
Much of the same weather wise tomorrow with full cloud and light showers on the usual moderate to strong SW starting off at 15 degrees with a chance of hill fog.
BS