Bright frost and more Whitefronts.
Hard frost this morning so activity confined largely to the ice free areas of the Rushy, South Lake and Zeiss Hide.
Rushy
Bewick 154
Pochard 120
Teal 180
Lapwing 70
Dunlin 1
Little Stint 1
Snipe 5
Redshank 1
South Lake
Looking great in the sunshine. 1350 Lapwing and 50 Dunlin were parked on the ice. The open water was crammed with Ducks.
Greylag 150
Pochard 80
Tufted Duck 105
Mallard, Gadwall, Teal and Shoveler in small numbers.
Great Crested Grebe 1
Cormorant 6
Zeiss Hide
Pintail 85
Teal 430
lapwing 900
Golden Plover 90
Redshank 1
Dunlin 350
Kingfisher Hide
Gadwall 9
Teal 3
Tufted Duck 3
Little Grebe 1
Cettis 1
Holden Tower and Tack Piece
Hard frost but 11 Crane feeding in the middle of the field. The Whitefront flock may have increased with a distant count of 155 in fields to the north. Around 150 Lapwing were sitting out the frost and 3 Ruff were flying around. At least 4 buzzards could be seen and 109 Crows were feeding on the estuary. Two Foxes were fighting out on the estuary making use of the frost to access the tidal island.
