My planned trip to Fly Flatts this morning was soon abandoned with the road from the Withins to the reservoir, and the entrance track probably snowed over and frozen, which was a shame because this was the first morning for some time with no fog.
Still plenty snow in Queensbury but the bulk of the roads now clear. I put Ogden as a no go being weekend and the combination of snow and sunshine making a recipe for a mad exodus there so settled for a gull check at Wibsey Park. Just a sprinkling of snow on the grass in the park with wall to wall sunshine on a light W>2 at 1 degree.
A good count of around 80 Black Headed and 4 Herring gull, all carefully checked through for a Med or the Bradford Iceland gull but nothing untoward.
The water was just 30% frozen, which made it easier for checking the gulls, whilst 36 Tufted duck were on the water as well as 2 Mute Swan, 28 Canada and 12 Greylag geese along with the usual park lake species.
The trees were busy with Long Tailed Tits, Goldfinch, Wood Pigeon and Collared Doves.
Back to normal tomorrow, weather wise, with a risk of overnight snow tonight then a foggy cloudy morning with chance of rain and snow throughout the day on a light SW at 1 degree.
BS