February 23rd,1986,snow fell during the morning.In the afternoon I went to Burham to put up new KTNC signs around the reserve.Seeing there was a good number of birds present,both in the marsh and of the river, I made a count after I had finnished with the signs:Teal 1050 in the marsh (big meadow) with a further 450 on the river,Shelduck 84 in the marsh,along with 3 drake Wigeon,35 Mallard,25 Moorhen,12 Redshank,60 Snipe and 4 Heron.On the river:Pochard 350,Tufted Duck 260,1 drake R C Pochard,1 drake and 2 red-head Smew,1 drake Ruddy duck,1 Goosander and 30 coot.Seeing this many wildfowl on the river is unusual but it also accurred in the winter of 1982,all the lakes in the area had frozen over.The Teal count was a all time high.