Thursday, 8 January 2026

7th Jan - Sunny intervals, light/mod W, 5C. Slow thawing durng last night

Willey;
Red Kite over early morning.

Small number Redwings about also two Greenfinches visiting the Yew trees in church yard.
Buzzard and raven over.  

Shawell Sandpit; afternoon

A good number of Gulls standing on the ice, most were Herring, but a single Caspian and Yellow-legged Gull were spotted.  More Gulls too distant over the landfill.

Otherwise, wildfowl similar to the last visit.

Stanford res: afternoon.

More water ice free now but most wildfowl still concentrated at the dam end on the water.
Six Goosanders, 100+ Teal, 200+ Wigeon plus smaller numbers of the other common ducks here.
Nine Russian White-fronted Geese with the Canada and Greylags on the adjacent fields, but c50 have been report earlier on the fields further east to these.

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