Wed 14th Jan 26

A late start for me as usual today, I met Matt as he was leaving the Chippings Lay-by, he had found that there had been a large increase in the number of Teal overnight.

I walked from the humpback bridge to the cattle pen and Teal were everywhere along with Wigeon, Shoveler, c300 Lapwing15+ Curlew, 2 Blk T Godwits, 1 Snipe, Grey Heron, 2 Buzzards, 1 Kestrel, lots of gulls & corvids, 1 Chinese Water Deer, 1 Muntjac, 2 Brown Hares.

Chinese Water Deer

After Pete's message a short seawatch on the way to & from the hide gave a total of 46+ Red-throated Divers all heading south, 2 large rafts of Wigeon, a small group of Greylag & Canada Geese and lots of gulls.

From the hide: Again lots of Teal, c150 Lapwing, 1 Avocet, 1 Snipe, 2 Buzzards, 1 Marsh Harrier

Reports from today

Pete Loud

11:55 Still very quiet around site this morning, although very pleasant out in the sunshine, 2 Red-throated Diver south from the Sluice were year ticks, it’s been very poor offshore so far this year another year tick with an Avocet on the Scrape. High numbers of Teal from the hide,12 Shoveler, no Wigeon I could see a good raft sitting on the sea from the sluice, probably the scrape was frozen this morning, when that happens they prefer to be out offshore..