A 20 minute effort around the Ogden promenade proved the most lucrative with 2 Grey Heron, 7 Cormorant and the Gulls showing well. A single Common was in among the LBB crowd.
Then it was both uphill and downhill all the way. The NW stiff breeze kept everything down until I hit the Withens where 4/5 Meadow Pipit showed.
It was chronic going down the track to the Cold Edge dams: 3 Pied Wagtail, couple Swallow ditto Goldfinch and a pr Dunnock only!
This is the fifth visit I’ve made since sometime in June where Stone/Whin Chat or Wheatear has failed to show.
Construction of the building by Haigh Cote Dam has moved at a fair pace. It has almost totally obscured views of the small dam.
Time to consider scrapping visits to the area methinks.
