A bright sunny morning at Leeshaw reservoir with 20% cloud on a moderate SW>4 at 10 degrees.
Very little exposed shore and very few waders with just 2 Oystercatchers with 2 chicks along with the usual Curlews and Lapwing with plenty chicks present to both species, some very young and others now fledged.
The highlight was 2 Little Ringed Plovers with 2 juvs looking, very near, if not fledged, but keeping on the far NW shore with the adults keeping flying around the shoreline but scope able only and poor visibility in the heat shimmer. I could only split them from Ringed Plover in flight with the lack of wing bars.
Greylag geese greatly outnumbered Canadas with 126 on the water plus more in the fields. Lots of House Martins present over the water along with a few Swallows whilst a white Muscovy duck was an unusual find in the conduit, probably on walk about from one of the nearby farms.
A dry day expected tomorrow on a light westerly starting off at a too warm 14 degrees.
BS