7 Pink-footed Geese north is good for us, as following a period of an increase in the number of records, sightings have become fewer again. 33 Barnacles went south in one flock. Also heading south 35 Brent, 3 Oyk, 2 Great-crested Grebe & Shelduck and north bound 9 Brent, 2 Red-throated Diver & a Guillemot. 2 Mipits went south with 2 more back on territory at the north end of the reserve. 2 Long-tailed Tits paid us a visit & a few more Linnets are starting to sing early morning with numbers slowly increasing despite the place still looking like the bleak mid-winter. Just the 4 Snow Buntings noted this morning.
