With fog on the tops it was back to Ogden with full cloud on a light W>3 at 15 degrees. By 0945 hrs the sun had broken through and the temperature rising.
Nothing other than the usual this morning with around 80 LBB, 5 Herrings, all argenteus, and around 50 Black headed gulls with a slight rise in Common gulls with 4 present.
The water held 3 Cormorant, 1 female Tufted duck and the long staying Gt Crested Grebe as well as 10 Canada geese.
Plenty exposed shore for the gulls and wildfowl with the favourite weeds now starting to show. Hopefully the water will stay down ready for the September arrival of Wigeon. Unfortunately, until then, much of the shore is wasted as Ogden is by no means a wader friendly area due to being heavily surrounded by trees. The main possibility is Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher and Curlew although anything is possible with rare one day visits in the past of Green Sandpiper, DJS et al, Black Tailed Godwit, NK, Greenshank, BS with 3 in 1990, and Redshank. Probably more rarer species if you go back many years when birds were easier to come by.
Several Willow Warblers about this morning showing a sign of dispersion.
A better forecast for tomorrow with no reports of morning fog. A cloudy/ sunny day with a light SW starting at 16 degrees and peaking at 22 degrees.
BS