First birding sesssion in over a week due to having the flu - and the proper thing as well, not just the man-version. The loss of 11lb proves that.
My wife and youngest daughter were at Russell's Hall Hospital so I took advantage of being close to the Fens Pool and so paid a visit there. Walked around the top pool, which was a good two-thirds frozen over.
The open water had a male goldeneye and a male shoveler, the former diving often. Lots of gulls on the ice, mostly black headed gull, several lesser black-backed gull and the odd herring gull.
Other birds included: mistle thrush, jay, tufted duck (numerous), little grebe (2), grey wagtail and a willow tit / marsh tit that I didn't get chance to id.
My wife and youngest daughter were at Russell's Hall Hospital so I took advantage of being close to the Fens Pool and so paid a visit there. Walked around the top pool, which was a good two-thirds frozen over.
The open water had a male goldeneye and a male shoveler, the former diving often. Lots of gulls on the ice, mostly black headed gull, several lesser black-backed gull and the odd herring gull.
Other birds included: mistle thrush, jay, tufted duck (numerous), little grebe (2), grey wagtail and a willow tit / marsh tit that I didn't get chance to id.