Dense fog on the tops this morning with, once again, Ogden below the cloud with just some mist patches then broken cloud and short bursts of sun on a light NE>2 at a cool 4 degrees.
Still a shortage of wildfowl on the water with just the Mallards as well as 2 Cormorant with around 150 post roost gulls coming in from the direction of the TMR roost. The gulls were spread between the north, west and east shores but very mobile between the shores and the water.
The Lodge House trees held a single Song Thrush and several Mistle Thrush as well as Fieldfares and Redwings whilst the west bank waterside trees and Alders were alive.
The Chaffinch flock were sticking to the Beech trees this morning ,to avoid disturbance on the track, with at least 1 pair of Brambling among them, but still too many leaves on the trees as yet to get decent views of them.
The Alder trees held a mixed flock of Siskin, Redpoll, Bullfinch and Goldfinch, whilst a good size tit flock was moving through the waterside trees comprising of the 4 common Tit species, Goldcrests and Treecreepers whilst Blackbirds, Robins, Wrens and Dunnocks were raking through the fallen leaves on the track along with 2 Jays.
Back round on the east bank the Med gull was in with Commons and Black Headed, once again, spending most of its time sleeping. It was reported by an Oxenhope birder to be asleep on the west bank at 1300 hrs.
Tomorrows forecast is as todays with cloudy sunshine on a light NE at 4 degrees and early hill fog. The good news is that tomorrow should be the last day of the easterlies for a while so hopefully the last of the fog.
BS