Another day of blue skies, high cloud with the wind much stronger than expected with a chill that "beet rooted" your complexion. Day started well with male Bramling in the garden along with a pair of Bullfinch.
The pond was choppy so the Great-northern Diver was elusive, male Smew in toft bay and the now very harassed Lesser Scaup in grays barn. One pratt seen going out in wellies to get closer - castrate um - can't be long before it decides to leave if this selfish behaviour continues. Lesser Redpoll 5 near hide, 14 Gadwall, 60 Pochard and two Kingfisher in toft noted. Field next to sewage farm had 100+ mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing
Met up with Bob and Francoise who had crippling photos of the Great-northen Diver performing in front of her yesterday (jammy bugger). Rest of the conservation is for after the watershed.
Bob and I did the roost but the gulls were distant and nothing was seen till after 4pm when we managed to find 6 adults and 2 first winter Yellow-legged Gulls and 2 Caspian Gull adults. Bob's boss April saved the day with a phone call that brought in a first winter Iceland Gull just before five so I just love your hair cut - honest. Earlier in the day Bob had an adult winter Med Gull with some Common Gull but no chance of any Meds tonight as most of the smaller gulls were off biggen bay.
Richard
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