December 11th
After overnight rain the morning dawned bright and sunny as we birded the western half of the Marsh. We saw 1 Kestrel, 43 Chaffinches, 448 Cormorants, 9 Mute Swans, 36 Redwings, 54 Fieldfares, 27 Corn Buntings, 22 Reed Buntings, 56 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 14 Skylarks, 5 Stonechats, 7 Redshank, 1 Little Grebe, 115 Carrion Crow, 32 Mallard, 2 Little Egrets and 1 Golden Plover.