Ideal reservoir watching conditions at Leeshaw with fog on the tops but Leeshaw below the low cloud base with full cloud cover and scud clouds piling through bringing very heavy drizzle showers on a moderate to strong WSW> 4 gusting 6 at 10 degrees.
With the conditions being what the upland reservoir birds seem to like, though not very nice to be out in, things were extremely lively with a large count of gulls, in the fields, on the water, and moving through >W continuously throughout the watch.
Yesterdays Teal are up to 12 and now 2 Wigeon, all feeding around the shoreline, whilst a single Whooper Swan was just leaving the water as I arrived, making me dive out of the car, camera in hand.
An unusual species at this site was 9 Linnet landing briefly on a distant wall before heading off >SW whilst 2 Heron headed >E. An excellent mornings watch but hard work trying to sift through all the passing gulls looking for something special, plus hopes of a Tern species, though its getting too late in the season now so probably going to have a Tern-less year.
Similar conditions for morning with cloud and sunshine on a moderate WSW and chance of light rain showers, just the right tackle for my job.
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