With Fly Flatts unworkable in the strong wind and Leeshaw out of bounds due to road closure my only option this morning was Ogden which was sheltered from the wind but very showery.
More of a dog walk than anything with just 2 drake Tufted duck on the water going into eclipse and a few gulls on the west shore with 9 LBB, 3 Herring and a single Black Headed. Ogden is always quiet on the gull scene in the morning with the pre roost gulls not arriving in until early afternoon to preen before moving off to their roost, mainly Fly Flatts and TMR.
A single Heron was moving around the shoreline but, despite the large amount of shore, not a wader to be found. Plenty juv Robins, Great and Blue Tit and Dunnocks but no warblers heard or seen in the windy conditions.
Another cloudy wet morning tomorrow with a continuation of the strong WSW wind.
BS