Weather: bright & sunny, cold breeze. From 11:15am.
A return trip to the fields & small estuary of Thornham to see what winter visitors have arrived; the fields are actually part of the Holme reserve & it's possible to walk from the harbour to the Holme visitors' centre, though it's easier to drive to both locations separately!
On the mud around the estuary & visible across the marshes towards the shoreline: Redshank, Curlew, Shelduck, Little Egret; flying onto the bushes, 3 Reed Bunting.
Good numbers of birds on the fields: many Golden Plover, mingled with Lapwing, a lone Snipe, a couple of Brent Goose, a few Skylark quietly feeding & occasionally disturbed into flight, overflying Starling, a couple of Pheasant lurking on the field's edge, a couple of Mallard, a Marsh Harrier in the distance along the fence-line on the Holme reserve, finally a Great Black-Backed Gull on the shoreline.
15 species.
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