I arrived at 11am having decided to wait for a rise in temperature and for the road conditions to improve after a cold night, as they can get a bit icy on the road to the Centre. As usual I did the rounds of the various hides. Still a good number of Bewick swans were at the Rushy Pen, although during the morning, there was a regular stream of groups of swans flying out to the estuary. The Holden Tower had a cold wind blowing in from the west, unfortunately the geese I wanted were too far out to identify with certainty. However, someone pointed out a shape on a fence post in the distance was in fact a goshawk!
Other species of interest were a bittern flying, a water rail feeding and a single oyster catcher. A very pleasant morning with 41 species noted:
blackbird, song thrush, fieldfare, robin, house sparrow, wren, chaffinch, jackdaw, wood pigeon, bluetit, great tit, heron, curlew, oyster catcher, dunlin, black tailed godwit, lapwing, crane, greylag goose, canada goose, mallard, tufted duck, teal, wigeon, pintail, Bewick swan, little grebe, lesser black backed gull, black headed gull, herring gull, crow, bittern, water rail, buzzard, goshawk, cormorant, snipe, shoveler, shelduck, moorhen, coot.
teal
tufted ducks
a pair of pintail
lapwing
curlew
canada goose and greylag goose
Bewick swan
Bewick swan and lapwings in flight
lapwings
water rail
Rushy pen
a chilly view from Holden tower
more Bewicks in flight
South lake Discovery hide view
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