Saturday 13th December
This morning overcast with heavy rain, though warmer.
The warmer damper conditions meant that there was no problem with ice this morning and the usual waders were present and feeding well in the rain though the conditions meant that it was not easy to make accurate counts: 22+ BLACK-TAILED GODWITS, 10+ RUFF, 8+ DUNLIN, and 3 REDSHANK were all feeding along the southern end of the west shore. There was a modest flock of about 100 GOLDEN PLOVER around, as flighty as ever. All the usual ducks around including 4+ PINTAIL.
The warmer damper conditions meant that there was no problem with ice this morning and the usual waders were present and feeding well in the rain though the conditions meant that it was not easy to make accurate counts: 22+ BLACK-TAILED GODWITS, 10+ RUFF, 8+ DUNLIN, and 3 REDSHANK were all feeding along the southern end of the west shore. There was a modest flock of about 100 GOLDEN PLOVER around, as flighty as ever. All the usual ducks around including 4+ PINTAIL.