Female Bearded Tit
Another very frosty crisp morning with not a breathe of wind. A walk around the Long Pits first thing was very quiet bird wise though I did see my first Woodcock of the year there. A quick look at New Diggings from the causeway saw the Great Northern Diver and Long-tailed duck along with 8 Goldeneye.
Along the entrance track to the reserve there were 9 Russian White-fronted Geese on Boulderwall Fields along with the usual feral Geese and 2 Great White Egrets.
Around the hay fields and Dengemarsh Bearded Tits were popping out everywhere and feeing on the ice, there were at least 2 Chiffchaff fly catching in the reeds. In hayfields 1 & 2 at least 2 Water Pipits that are bit camera shy at the moment, less welcome there was a Mink. Another Great Northen Diver was on Burrowes.
This afternoon around the Scotney sand pit the 2 Tundra Bean Geese in the fields to the east of the pit with c100 Greylag Geese, 2 Barnacle Geese and Brent Goose, also 7 Bewick Swans there, c400 Golden Plover
a Green Sandpiper in the pit and the flock of Tree Sparrows around the edge.
Russian White-fronted Geese
Water Pipit
Tundra Bean Geese just over the county border in East Sussex
Tree Sparrows just over the county border in East Sussex
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