The light S>3 managed to keep the fog at bay with a low cloud base just at the top of the turbines with full cloud apart from a quick burst of short lived sunshine and occasion drizzle showers.
Though still very quiet up there it was good to be able to get a visit in and check for any returning waders. My earliest Ringed Plover was 7th Feb whilst the earliest Oystercatcher was 5th Feb with the first Curlew a little later at 14th Feb though Leeshaw usually gets the first Curlew around now.
A good walk and scope around the bankings failed to produce anything other than Canada and Greylag geese, who's numbers are slowly rising, ready for the breeding season, along with14 Mallard.
A pair of Lapwings were already holding territory on the Flat Moor and up displaying and warning off the Crows. A few Common gulls were moving around the area whilst a flock of around 50 Herring gulls were heading >SW but very distant and soon to disappear in the low cloud.
Nothing in the Nolstar fields other than a few Common gull and several Magpies.
With 2 different Iceland gulls reported in the vicinity, bang on schedule, its something to look out for.
Todays weather was good while it lasted with the light wind back to SE tomorrow with full cloud and light rain at 5 degrees and a good possibility of back to the fog.
BS