The regular Glaucous Gull behind The Patch hide this morning

Bitterly cold and snowy as got in the car this morning though a mile down the road at Boulderwall not a flake nor on any on The Point. I was grateful for the shelter of the hide at The Patch keeping me out of the NE wind for a couple of hours. A trickle of Red-throated Divers, Auks, Great-crested Grebes, Gannets and Kittiwakes moved up channel, while on the beach the Glaucous Gull was in the roost and around the power station along with a few more colour ringed Herring Gulls. 

A few minutes in Hanson hide was enough as the NE wind blew straight in my face there.

At Scotney from the double bends 9 Russian White-fronted Geese and 2 Tundra bean Geese with feral Greylags and Barnacles.

This afternoon on the reserve from the comfort of the VC 3 Goldeneye and the Glaucous Gull again.