A hard frost and crystal clear skies always draws me out to enjoy the light. Birds just look stunning with the frost helping reflect light to sharpen every feather tone and detail. A single young Whooper Swan joined the Teal on the frozen beet pits.
An amble around Roswell Pits produced little out of the ordinary and a hopeful check around the sewage works revealed just 5 Chiffchaff, all collybita.
A return to the Beet Pits for the harrier roost revealed around 20 Marsh Harrier and a bonus Bittern. The evening sky was stunning but despite seeing a Woodcock flying from the fields to the water meadows during the day I didn't see any in my dusk search along the bank, although Snipe were flying around in some numbers.
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