Sunday, 28 November 2021

28th Nov - Frost -3C, sunny, becoming cloudy pm with light snow. 3C, light NNW

Willey; three Jays on the road verge next to the Long Spinney near Perkins fields.

Stanford Reservoir; a look this morning.  Five Pintails flew over, otherwise no new Duck species. 

Plenty of Redwings and a small number of Fieldfares feeding on the bushes.  A Chiffchaff was with the Long-tailed Tit flock, a couple of Jays on the ground and Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeder.  A Grey and Pied Wagtail on the dam.

A5 Pools/DIRFT, early pm.  Most of the water is frozen over, so Duck were concentrated in one ice-free area; 18 Shovelers, 40 Teal and c20 each of Wigeon and Mallard.

Shawell sandpit, pm.  Some shallow pools frozen over.  167 Teal,  18 Shoveler, 41 Wigeon, also a few Mallard and Tufted Ducks, a Little Grebe.  Two Red Kites, several Ravens.

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