Camrose area, Wednesday 22nd December

Walked the Western Cleddau below St Catherines Bridge. A single female shoveller just below the bridge, 20 teal, dozens of snipe, mallard and moorhen and a kingfisher. River edges frozen, very little soft ground. I saw snipe probing under water. Also found the carcass of what appeared to be a goshawk.

Later in the bird crop fields there were high hundreds or more? of linnet, chaffinch and reed bunting with numerous brambling a few green finch and the single snow bunting still present. A flock of at least 30 stock dove was a treat. In the adjacent pasture 4 lapwing scratching for food.