Perfect weather conditions this morning at Fly Flatts with bright clear skies and only 20% cloud though dense fog down in the valleys which arrived on the tops by 0945 hrs. A light WSW>2 at 9 degrees.
Despite the ideal moving conditions Fly Flatts was absolutely dead this morning with just a handful of Mipits moving over and only about a dozen on the shore. Even gull numbers were well down with just 13 LBB and 3 Black Headed whilst 7 Canadas and 3 Greylags were on the water. The compound tree held 1 Wren and 2 Chiffchaff whilst a Kestrel and Raven were overhead.
With the morning being a disaster I had an extended p.m. dog walk around Ogden which fared a little better with LBB, Common and Black Headed gulls on the east and west shore along with 5 Herring gull whilst 3 Teal were on the water, but with the water being so low they were very distant from the west shore and badly silhouetted from the east shore.
A single Raven headed towards the wind farm whilst around 20 Chaffinch were feeding along the water line but very little activity in the waterside trees. Must be due for a Yellow Browed Warbler shortly whilst Redwings are starting to show up north.
Looking like a brighter cloudy sunshine day tomorrow on a light SW at 8 degrees.
BS