10th Feb - frosty start, rain from 0800h till 1500h, dull and very damp, temp rising during the day late pm to 7C

Sibbertoft; while here this morning a small flock of Redwing flew over the village in the rain.

Shallow Lagoons; with fine drizzle coming down I had a look here and at the nearby landfill.  There were few Gulls around. On the Lagoons  a Grey Heron, 10 Teal, 22 Tufted Duck was about it.
In all a miserable days weather.

9th Feb - few sunny spells, NW wind increasing, feeling cold, 4C

No obs today.

8th Feb - cloudy, damp late pm, 5C, brick westerly developing, feeling cold

Saddington reservoir; A Red-breasted Merganser was reported here the last 2 days with the Goosander, so I grabbed a moment to go and look for it.  It was showing quite well on the very choppy water staying with the Goosanders, often feeding or preening.  A nice flock of Wigeon and Tufted Duck were present on this small reservoir.  A Red Kite and then a Buzzard flew over.  In the distant arm of the reservoir at least 3 Grey Herons were present, with Cormorants and Common Gulls, a Great Egret then showed well.

7th Feb - frost last night -5C. Sunny, v. light westerly, 3C

Stanford reservoir; I had a short visit here after lunch, it was very quiet, plenty of Wigeon and Gadwall present and other usual wildfowl, plus 4 Teal.  A Buzzard flew over the adjacent field and a Sparrowhawk was hunting along the willows. A flock of Fieldfare were feeding on the top road pasture.  Still plenty of Tree Sparrows at the feed station.

6th Feb - a dusting of snow first thing, broken cloud, v light NW, 2C

Frolesworth manor lake; I had a quick look here as passing this morning.  Disappointingly no finch/Bunting flock on the game cover which they like.
On the lake were Tufted Duck, a Great-crested Grebe pair, several Mallards, Coots and Moorhens. Eleven Cormorant sat in the adjacent Tree top. A couple of Buzzard were present too.

5th Feb - Frost last night, sunny periods, light NE, 4C

Willey; a nice selection of birds ar the feed station this morning, including 6 Tree Sparrows, 5 Yellowhammers, several Chaffinch and a Coal Tit.  ~30 Fieldfare were Flying about too.

4th Feb - sunny am, clouding over with a few wintry short showers, 5C

Willey; a flock of c 70 Fieldfare flew over the village from the old railway tree tops.

Ravensthorpe reservoir; had a walk round here this afternoon.  One the small side there were several Grey Heron and a Great Egret.

A Raven flew over calling, with several excited Magpies nearby in the trees.  I then spotted 3 drake Mandarin Duck on the far side near the trees.

On the main side there was a collection of he usual ducks, Gadwall, Wigeon, Tufted, Teal, Mallard and at least 9 Goldeneye.  For quite a while now, with the Mute Swans there is a juvenile Whooper Swan.  It seems in good health, but I wonder whether it can fly or not, no doubt time will tell when Spring arrivals and it should fly away.  Its not afraid of people either, often coming in close when people feed the Mute Swans.

A Grey Wagtail was feeding near the dam, a Jay called in the woodland nearby.