228 Cormorants went out fishing. An hours sea watching was little more than purgatory with, apart from Cormorants & seagulls, producing literally"diddly squat". On the plus side no cold weather movements means that the "beast from the east" is not forcing birds to move in response to the cold weather - well not yet anyway ! On the reserve a single Lapwing is the only sign of any refugee from the freezing conditions. Finally the Rock Pipit was along the riverbank.