With thick fog on the tops it was down to Ogden below the cloud base with full cloud and specks of rain on a very light E>1 at 12 degrees.
A low count of gulls with around 40 LBB and 6 Herring. One of the Herring gulls stood out with having a much darker mantle which had me thinking Yellow Legged until I got in a position to see its pink legs so I suspect this Herring gull to be an Argentatus.
A single small gull in with the LBBs stood out as being in unusual plumage so I tried to make it into a 1 CY Med gull having darkish legs, though not black plus the bill was stubby. After a check with the gull bibles at home, and more importantly, a photo to MC, who confirmed it as a 1 CY Common gull in advanced moult. Thanks for that Mick, probably the first puzzler of many this winter.
The highlight this morning was the arrival of the first of the autumn wildfowl with 14 Teal on the water, probably attracted in by the areas of their favourite weeds around the waters edge. Hopefully the water will stay low enough to keep the weeds clear for when the Wigeon start to move mid September.
Otherwise, 4 Cormorant, 3 Heron, 3 Tufted duck and the usual Gt Crested Grebe.
Another foggy morning tomorrow with a chance of rain, mainly in the afternoon, with heavy rain and thunderstorms on the cards on a light NE at 11 degrees.
BS