Lade - cold, dry and sunny, light airs - Another clear, still night of sub-zero temperatures resulted in both lakes being covered in ice, apart from the margins on the western side. Duck numbers were low with only Teal and Pochard into three figures, plus two Goldeneyes and two Dabchicks. However, with the reedbeds frozen over several Moorhens and Water Rails were actual seen rather than just heard, including a rail on north lake that was basking in the bright sunshine on the far side. Also trying to gather the sun`s warmth were two Foxes on the mirror apron and a Common Buzzard sat on the rim of the 30 foot dish. Hardly any passerines were noted apart from a few tits and Robins while a wander out onto the Desert produced not a single bird. Back at the car in Taylor Road I watched a Magpie nest-building in a pine tree, a sign of things to come...
This week`s Ted walks around New Romney have delivered few birds in the bitter cold apart from an increase in Common Snipe sightings (which are probably weather related) most being inadvertently flushed from sewer margins where they seem to be able to find unfrozen ground and probe for food.
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