A lovely bright red sunrise but very short lived with full cloud and mist moving in by 0845hrs bringing light drizzle on a light SE>2 at 8 degrees.
A red ball sunrise always meant a megs vis mig day when we used to watch from TMR and this morning was no exception with Woodpigeons piling over Queensbury >SW from 0700 hrs but unfortunately this was very short lived when mist and fog soon started to roll in from the east closing the flood gates.
Ogden remained reasonably clear but horizontal visibility only, so with very few gulls to check through, and just 2 Tufted on the water, although I didn't venture to the north end, I did a check along the west bank for small passerines.
A good Tit flock was moving through the waterside trees with mainly Long Tailed and Coal
along with a few Blue and Great Tits. The Alder trees held a good flock of around 30 mixed Goldfinch and Redpoll but very hard to get to grips with whilst the leaves are still dense.
Wet and windy for morning with rain on a moderate to strong SSW clearing to sunshine and showers after midday.
BS