Tues 15th Dec 20

 A nice bit of sunshine and a few different birds made for a good morning, also good to see PRD out & about, on site for a bit of exercise and a couple of ticks for his Haven year list.

I couldn't locate any of the geese from the lay-bys on the way in this morning so headed for the hide, five Purple Sands were again around the sluice area.

From the hide:

7 Mute Swans (on the arable), 167 Greylag,(+ 1 hybrid), 28 Brent (on arable), 1 Canada Goose (+6 hybrids), c100 Teal, 92 Wigeon, 8 Shelduck, 30 Golden Plover (on the arable toward Gt. Holland), 1 Green Sandpiper (also on scrape yesterday PNt.), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Lt. Owl (back hedge).

The Whitefronts finally gave themselves up when a lot of heads appeared behind the reedbed to the right of the hide, no count was made but most likely the group from the last few days PRD/JH/MR