From Hide 1 there were great views of a water rail feeding right in front of the hide for around 10 minutes, and various other birds visiting the feeders. The water level is quite low and quite a bit of mud is exposed, which attracted a feeding grey wagtail.
At Liden Lagoon, the gadwalls were confined to a small bit of water in the centre, whilst various gulls stood on the ice. Three cygnets from a couple of years ago were being prevented from entering the lake by the resident cob.
Birds noted today were:
(Coate) blackbird, song thrush, redwing, fieldfare, robin, blue tit, great tit , long tailed tit, dunnock, magpie, wood pigeon, wren, moorhen, coot, water rail, grey heron, kingfisher, grey wagtail, blackheaded gull, herring gull, mallard, tufted duck, wigeon, mute swan, canada goose, grey wagtail, pied wagtail,
(Liden) lesser blackbacked gull, herring gull, black headed gull, ? common gull, shoveler, gadwall, mallard, canada goose, pied wagtail, mute swan, tufted duck, cormorant
frozen lake at Coate
grey wagtail
water rail
blue tit
kingfisher
long tailed tits
wigeon
wigeon dancing on ice?
frozen liden lagoon with gadwall in centre
cormorant at Liden
gadwall
shoveler - is he stuck in the ice?
swans on a walk
oh no you don't come in here!
take that!
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