A cold morning began with showers and ended mostly sunny with a fresh north-westerly.
A stomp around the patch produced little to warm the cockles. Two
Siskins flew over near Netherstead, but after that things seemed pretty quiet. I had a little surge of optimism as I neared the flash field where I could hear gulls calling. Most flew off as I approached but I counted 60 Black-headed Gulls, 37 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and two Herring Gulls.
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| Making a sharp exit |
Once the gulls had gone I settled down to count the wildfowl, almost all on the furthest flash. There were 37
Teal, a
Little Egret, 35
Mallard, and six
Lapwings.
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| Little Egret and Teal |
And I'm afraid that was about it. A few
Fieldfares and
Starlings flew over, and there are still about 40
Linnets in the strip field.
I did have a lifer at Netherstead though.
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| Indonesian chicken |
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