Last orders?

No podium position for me again but a nice quality addition to my SFYL with a Smew found while visiting Cuckoo Bridge Lake for WeBS.  Worth pointing out virtually no one else goes birding here and WeBS is the excuse I need to visit.  Over the years I've had Great Northern Diver, Pintail twice, Scaup three times and Great White Egret.  Not bad for a quiet site.

Ducking and diving

Fresh back from The Philippines it was good to see it was bloomin’ freezing and a slight change in birds locally. Good numbers of ducks at Blunham on 1st found Richard and I a nice set of five Goldeneye, but not a lot of extra spice amongst the standard Gadwalls and Wigeon. A visit to Derek’s on 2nd found me looking at five Dunlin scurrying around the muddy edge, and a lunchtime visit to Broom GP on 2nd scored a red-head Smew on Gypsy Lane West. Not a bad start to the month.