A bright sunny start to the morning at Leeshaw reservoir but then fully overcast from 0800 hrs on a light WSW>2 at 6 degrees.
More or less the same as my last visit with the addition of a pair of Grey Wagtails down in the beck plus a higher count of at least 32 Oystercatchers and around 200 Lapwing. Two Redwing over >W, a rare sighting this winter, whilst several Wrens were up singing along with MeadowPipits.
Just 1 Pink Footed Goose on the water but most of the Canada and Greylag flocks in a top field out of sight. Around 8 Curlew in the fields but again no gulls other than 2 LBB over >W. Up to 6 Redshank present.
A quick stop off at Leeming on the way home was fruitful with 2 Sand Martin high over the water and zooming around at great speed making me dizzy trying to get them in the camera. They disappeared when a calling Buzzard flew over. Nothing on the water other than Mallards and 3 drake Tufted duck.
Passing Keelham on the return journey several Fieldfare were in one of the fields, also a Redshank in the gulley in the Raggalds Flood field.
A day of cloudy sunshine tomorrow at 5 degrees early morn with the light wind starting off from the NE then slowly moving around to E then SE then S and finally SW late afternoon. Visibility could start off as hazy.
BS