A low tide visit on a cold but sunny day. The five Velvet Scoter remain offshore with 18 Common Scoter, with two Great Crested Grebe and a Red-throated Diver in the bay.
A pair of Shoveler have returned to the Main Pond for the winter were at least two Water Rail were present and a Kingfisher zipped through.
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| Shoveler - Alan Keatley |
The bushes were relatively quiet unless you encountered the roaming Long-tailed Tit flock, accompanied by at least eight Chiffchaff, two Goldcrest and a Coal Tit.
Other Wildlife: Insect activity was largely confined to the beach with a new beetle for the Recording Area, Dryops luridus, being the highlight, also present Helophorus brevipalpis and the groundbug Stygnocoris fuligineus.
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| Dryops luridus - Alan Keatley |
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| Stygnocoris fuligineus - Alan Keatley |
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| Helophorus brevipalpis - Alan Keatley |
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