Watched from 09:10 till 13:35

a good morning from the hide with a 1st winter Scaup showing well , 167 avocet, 62+ bar tailed godwit, good numbers of black tailed godwit and wigeon,  13+ shovelers, 1 snipe, kestrel, 40+ Brent geese over towards darts farm, 4 tufted duck, 20+ Fieldfare, 9 greylag geese.

from viewing platform another 17+ Fieldfares, lots of redwings hard to count as movement in all directions, 3 Mistle thrush, 2 song thrush, at least 6 jay, 9+ grey plover, great spotted woodpecker.