Sunday 21st December
This morning overcast and with a bit of a north-westerly breeze but mild.
Many of the waders were down at the south end asleep this morning: c. 26 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS with 8 or so RUFF and the SPOTTED REDSHANK still though with its head and bill tucked in and its legs hidden there was not much beyond smaller size and slightly different coloured back to distinguish it from the the godwits. Another 10 RUFF were along the west shore together with 15+ DUNLIN. Only a few golden plover were around. There were at least 100 lesser black-backed gulls, a few herring and a couple of greater-black backed around. There were still 3 or 4 PINTAIL around amongst the usual ducks. A single red-head GOOSANDER was in the north end of the floods along with a great-crested grebe so perhaps some fish have been trapped by the recent floods.
Not much more than a record shot of the goosander on the floods today © Adam Hartley
Many of the waders were down at the south end asleep this morning: c. 26 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS with 8 or so RUFF and the SPOTTED REDSHANK still though with its head and bill tucked in and its legs hidden there was not much beyond smaller size and slightly different coloured back to distinguish it from the the godwits. Another 10 RUFF were along the west shore together with 15+ DUNLIN. Only a few golden plover were around. There were at least 100 lesser black-backed gulls, a few herring and a couple of greater-black backed around. There were still 3 or 4 PINTAIL around amongst the usual ducks. A single red-head GOOSANDER was in the north end of the floods along with a great-crested grebe so perhaps some fish have been trapped by the recent floods.
Not much more than a record shot of the goosander on the floods today © Adam Hartley