Day Two

The raw east wind wind kept blowing all day today and with it came more wading birds.

Half an hour out this morning showed little new, except for a few more snowflakes and the Dunlin flock now numbering 38 (up from 24 the previous day).  

This afternoon Lapwing have been more numerous, and a last ditch look up the valley after work showed a neat little flock of 55 Golden Plover opposite Stedcombe Valley...

These golden beauties were a sure sign birds are reacting to the cold, but so far it's only really waders.  Still waiting for wildfowl to get going properly, although Clive had a couple of Brent Geese in-off today and Teal have been turning up in odd places, with a small flock on the lower Estuary outside my office all afternoon.  The local Wigeon however seem completely unfazed...

 

I won't lie, I wouldn't mind a diving duck or two out of this cold snap. And a good dumping of snow :-)