Had a full day in the field today with my brother Mark and good friend John Foulds.
The day started at Stubbers Green, where the gulls included Yellow Legged & Caspian.
A couple of hours at Chasewater gave us double figures of Goosander and Goldeneye but the reported Med Gull could not be found.
This is were the snow in the title started to fall.As the forecast only said light flurries, we shot off to our next port of call which was kingswood lake, a gathering of over 2000+ gull.If you have never been here and like gulls, it's a must.
we then stopped at the dam at Blithfield.A quick 15 minute scan failed to pick up the Great northern Diver but a distant female Scaup was some cosulation.
Brookleys lake and the Ferruginous Duck were the next target and this is where the snow really started to come down, sometimes completely obscuring the far side of the lake.After picking out the Ferruginous we decided to make a tactical withdrawal.
At this point, the snow was about 2 inches deep and offering very little traction and at one point us passengers had to get out & start pushing!
After a quick debate we decided to return to Blithfield to look for the Green Winged Teal, whick was showing well but distant.It then started to snow heavily again and the descision was made to call it a day before we got snowed in!
Photos are Yellow legged Gull, Goosander & Caspian Gull.(I hope!)
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