19th January - Frost last night -3C. high cloud clearing to give sunny afternoon, 4C, light S.

Visited Shawell lagoons in afternoon, hoped for a .white-winged gull'.  The lagoons were mostly frozen over, a good number of gulls were in, probably after feeding at the land fill site nearby, here's a couple of general views of one pool.

After a considerable time scanning the gulls present and others as they arrived there was general disappointment that nothing unusual was showing.  Whats more no colour ringed birds were found, given so that many hundreds of legs were visible as the gulls stood on the ice, extra disappointment.  Finally, one colour ringed Lesser black backed Gull was found, HV108, now I just need to wait for the information about this bird.

Other birds present included Wigeon, Teal, Gadwall, Shoveler, Cormorant and 24+ Carrion Crows, who were most watchful when a Fox appeared.  The Crows often challenged the Fox, with a staring contest head to head on occasions.  The Fox, looked like a dog, was scavenging and trying to stalk the Wigeon. However, it had very little chance of catching one, although they continued feeding they knew exactly where it was, the Crows and Magpies made sure of that.