19 Dec - A stunning winter landscape, with 4"-5" snow, and few birds in evidence - A Little Egret (6) feeding on the River Thames by pits 44/57, and a Snipe (5) flew in there - at pit 30 a redhead Smew (photos 10,11 JM) and a drake Goosander were still present. A few Goldeneye around, with 9 (6 drakes,pic 9 ) on pit 16 - also 2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls on the ice there. A lot of wildfowl have moved on, presumably to coastal waters that are less frozen up. An amazing wintry sunset over the ice and snow (photos 12 and 13, JM).
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