Goosander

Dungeness - mild, sunny, light airs - Another unseasonably warm winter`s morning found us rummaging around Tower Pits in search of birds, of which were few and far between. Several thrushes, a tit flock, a few common ducks and a Marsh Harrier was about it, and still no Tree Sparrows at Boulderwall. On Burrowes a single redhead Goosander was the highlight, in a winter that so far has been poor for sawbills with few Goldeneye and Goosander and an unprecedented absence of Smew. En-route to the allotment four Cattle Egrets had moved into a sheep field opposite the livery stables on the Lydd road. From Cockles Bridge a Buzzard and Stonechat.
  I blame the shortage of birds on Brexit; might as well, its getting the blame for everything else!