Bradshaw & Ogden

9:30 - 15:00.

A longer than usual, five and a half hours, birding outing today with birds at Ogden difficult to come by.

I did two circuits of the water, two cafe visits and a trek up to Giants Tooth to try and eek something out !

The "new" non-disabled six toilets at Ogden are now down to one usable one with the other five having been vandalised in one form or another.

Its a pity the vandals don't have to pay for the repairs they will cost hundreds of £££££.

Chris was driving the Christmas tree taxi around the circuit, so the lack of birds is all down to him! 

Nothing at all to do with my poor birding skills.

There was a watery greyness about the place after the early brightness disappeared.

Perseverance did pay off eventually with a few birds on offer though.

Birds:-

Little Owl.

4 Stock Dove.

Wren.

Buzzard.

4 Pheasant.

80 + Jackdaw.

At least 4 Raven.

c30 Small Gulls at one point.

1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Long Tailed Tit.

Kingfisher.

Red Grouse.

2 Treecreeper.

And a few others.