Mon 31st Jan 22

Very windy and cold out of the sun this morning, things were much the same, on the scrape were c60 Teal, 14 Shoveler, 6 Wigeon, 6 Mallard, 11 BlkWits, 2 Avocet, 2 Snipe. C300 Lapwing were on the arable, around the marsh were 2 Buzzards & 30 Curlew. The pools below the raised platform held a lot of Wigeon & Teal, several more Shoveler & 4 Shelduck and in with c20 Greylags were 4 Whitefronts. PRD/DC/MR.

A stop in the lay-by mid afternoon showed 36 Whitefronts on the arable with a couple of Greylag.

At the end of January the number of species recorded at the Haven this year stands at 79