Pea Souper

 A very foggy start to the day with pretty poor visibility for most of the morning. I didn't venture too far in these challenging conditions and restricted my wanderings to Weldon and Priors Hall. There were few highlights to report though it was far from being a waste of time.

Foggy Scenes.

Pausing at the A43 pond at Weldon did not produce any further sightings of Shovellers though I did pick out a few Gadwalls along with the long staying Mute Swans and Canada Geese. Arriving at Priors Hall I found that the fog was if anything even thicker and I was reduced to a spell of mainly bird listening. Snipe were heard on four occasions while several Golden Plovers were also heard passing over. Three small flocks of Lapwing took the wader count up to three while a couple of Teal took the day's duck count up too. Both Fieldfares and Redwings were noted in reasonable numbers as well as several flocks of Siskins and at least two Redpolls. Other decent birds recorded today included a Kingfisher and two Water Rails.

Siskin and micro moth.

As the fog gradually cleared there was a brief burst of sunshine though it was a little too weak and watery to produce much in the way of insects. One solitary Common Darter was seen briefly though not photographed and I saw several small brown micro moths around the site. 

Glad my wife didn't see this one!