A hot start at 20 degrees on a light SW>2 with full sun.
A poor morning for birding with firstly a trip to Halifax vets for 0730 hrs with one of the dogs for a dental which set me back £400 when I picked him up. Secondly it was too hot, even at that time, for the other dog so a visit to Ogden for the shade of the trees.
The info centre/cafe doors were smashed open and the place trashed with the safe missing though a farmer I spoke to up there had found it in his field.
A surprise to find a number of gulls on the west shore , which is unusual for morning, with LBB and Herring along with a single Black Headed but no Yellow Legged.
I half expected to see yesterdays 3 Little Egret here but not to be. The 2 eclipse Tufted are still present, possibly unable to fly at the moment as both heavily in moult.
By 0900 hrs the temperature was rising so up stumps and away.
Slightly more humane weather tomorrow morning starting off at 15 degrees with cloudy sunshine on a light NNW.
BS