A Sylark feeding along the high tide line.Walking along the beach this morning was like walking on lumpy concrete...totally frozen! The birds are becoming a bit disorientated with ducks searching for unfrozen water. The main Lagoon is 9/10 frozen and a couple of dozen Tufted Ducks, the resident Mallards and a few Coot were all hudled in 2 small areas of remaining water. The Little Grebes,Great Crested Grebes and Goldeneye had all disappeared. The Little Lagoon was 1/10 frozen and held unusually high numbers of Teal,Wigeon and Mallard. Skylarks were still present in good numbers (40+) and mostly feeding along the high tide mark...still unfrozen due to the recently receded high tide.
The harbour was a mass of birds....Black Tailed Godwits, Dunlin, Ringed Plover ,Grey Plover, Oystercatchers , duck (mainly Wigeon,Teal and Pintail) and Brent Geese (probably 1000/1500).
Tonight it is snowing so tomorrow morning will be interesting.
The harbour was a mass of birds....Black Tailed Godwits, Dunlin, Ringed Plover ,Grey Plover, Oystercatchers , duck (mainly Wigeon,Teal and Pintail) and Brent Geese (probably 1000/1500).
Tonight it is snowing so tomorrow morning will be interesting.
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