An overnight sprinkling of snow at Queensbury and fog on the tops. Ogden was very dark and wet with rain followed by drizzle before drying up by 0915 hrs. A light N >3 at 3 degrees.
Another dog walking session at Ogden with, once again, birds non existent. The water held 3 LBB, 1 Herring, 4 Common and 8 Black Headed gulls along with the Mallard whilst a single Grey Wagtail was down in the overflow.
A walk along the west bank as far as the NW corner produced a Robin and 2 Blue Tits and that was it. The only active birds were several Long Tailed and Blue Tits on the feeders.
On the way back from an afternoon shopping spree at Keighley I drove past the Flappit and Haworth Road gull fields with not a gull to be seen. What has happened to all our birds this winter ?
Looking slightly better for tomorrow with cloudy sunshine on a light SW kicking off at 1 degree which will hopefully eliminate any morning hill fog.
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