A horror of a morning at Ogden with a dog walk the only reason I attempted it. It was as black as night with full dark cloud cover and heavy rain throughout on a moderate S>4 at a mild 10 degrees which only added to the problems by keeping the bins steamed up.
Just a walk along the prom this morning and as far as the west bank Alders with visibility very limited. The Bullfinch flock of 8 had returned but impossible to get anything like in the camera even though I had left the 400mm at home and opted for the Canon 70-200mm with an aperture down to 2.8
and iso of 16,000, and still not enough light.
Just 10 Black Headed gulls on the water and 2 Dippers down in the sluice gate whilst the Raven was cronking away up in the plantation. Strangely, winter Mallard numbers are well below average for this time of year.
Tomorrow looking better with chance of showers but some sunshine on a moderate to strong Sou'westerly. Only 12 days to the shortest day now.
BS