mainly overcast,bitterly cold northeast - 13-00-1400.river low - birds noted - Oystercatcher 2,Shelduck 12,Redshank 36,B H Gull 60,Common Gull 2 and Cormorant 3.
pools - since my last visit the water level is back to normal and the pools and dykes have regained their muddy edges - birds noted - L B B Gull 2,B H Gull 80,Herring Gull 4,Common Gull 2,Redshank 6,Mallard 6,Teal 4,Little Grebe 1 and the continued presence of the Greenshank.