Bean and gone
Whilst checking the hides this morning two grey lag geese flew in to join the other 19. At a second glance the two new arrivals turned out to be Bean geese. This was a first for myself and likely for the reserve as well.
6 Snipe flushed up out of the reedbed right next to the boardwalk and a Water Vole swam across the drainage ditch at the start of the reedbed walk, looking decidely cold and hunched in the freezing conditions this morning.
11 Lapwing, 4 Cormorants, 20 Shelduck, 14 Gadwall, 9 Teal and 13 Snipe from the Ramsar and Sand Martin hides. 3 Wigeon flew over and circled but flew on north.
