December 20th. Partly cloudy, with moderate south-easterly wind.
A further increase of large gulls, with over 1000 Herring Gulls on the beach and another 900 heading south offshore. Numbers of Great Black-backed Gulls had also increased on yesterday's numbers and there were two Caspian Gulls. Sea records were similar to yesterday with a slight increase of Red-throated Divers, a high-flying Fulmar and a few skeins of Pink-footed Geese heading over to Norfolk. The lone Snow Bunting remained around the beach, with over 200 Sanderling feeding along the tideline and a Merlin hunting.
December 19th. Partly cloudy, with quite strong south-westerly wind.
An hour's sea-watch early morning produced a good range of species in small numbers: Red-throated Divers, Red-breasted Mergansers, Eider and Common Scoter with a flock of 6 Pintail heading south. The main interest though was the movement of just under1000 Herring Gulls arriving from the north and flying into the Wash. With them were a good number of Great Black-backed Gulls by recent standards.
A small number of Chaffinch, Siskin and Skylark also headed south over the East Dunes and Beach, with a Merlin pursuing a Skylark.
December 18th. Cloudy, with rain from late morning and increasing south-easterly to south-westerly wind.
December 17th. Cloudy, with rain from early afternoon and increasing southerly wind.
December 16th. A wet day until late afternoon, staying fairly warm in a light west-north-westerly wind.
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Male Shovelers over Tennyson's Sands - one in Eclipse plumage still, 16th December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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Female Pintails on Tennyson's Sands, 16th December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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Shovelers and Black-tailed Godwits on Tennyson's Sands, 16th December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
December 15th. Mostly cloudy, with moderately strong southerly wind.
Jackson's Marsh held 163 Greylag Geese, 90 Mallard, 27 Tufted Duck and 18 Gadwall. Tennyson's Sands was home to stacks of Teal and 70 Lapwing with a Marsh Harrier hunting over Croft Marsh and the lagoons.
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Little Grebe on Fenland Lagoon, 15th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Redshank on Fenland Lagoon, 14th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts
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Marsh Harrier hunting Croft Marsh, 15th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Marsh Harrier, 15th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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A Great Tit in "take off" action, 14th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
December 14th. Partly cloudy, with fresh southerly wind.
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A smart looking male Pintail from North Hide, 14th December 2025
Photo - Tony Foster |
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Buzzard, 14th December 2025
Photo - Tony Foster |
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Robin, 14th December 2025
Photo - Tony Foster |
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Female Pheasant, 14th December 2025
Photo - Tony Foster |
December 13th. Clear start, becoming cloudy, with light to fresh south-westerly wind.
On the estuary were 190 Brent Geese, 121 Shelduck, 140 Oystercatcher, 43 Curlew, 8 Black-tailed Godwit and 96 Redshank. 800 Pink-footed Geese flew into the Wash at Dusk. 215 Wigeon were again feeding on Greenshanks Creek whilst 49 Cormorant and 6 Turnstone were on the beach. The best of a brief sea watch was 3 Red-throated Divers (North).
Tennyson's Sands held 77 Shoveler, 495 Teal, 90 Lapwing and a vocal Cetti's Warbler (around Fenella Hope Hide). Over Croft Marsh and beyond were 2000 Lapwing and 2000 Golden plover. Around Syke's Farm was a Chiffchaff. Also around the reserve were a Marsh Harrier, a Barn Owl, 13 Rock Pipit and 2 Siskin.
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Brent Geese, 12th December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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Brent Geese over Tennyson's Sands, 12th December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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Rhodotus palmatus, commonly known as Wrinkled Peach Fungus, 13th December 2025
Photo - Rob Watson |
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Xylaria hypoxylon, commonly known as Candle snuff, 13th December 2025
Photo - Rob Watson |
December 12th. Mostly cloudy, with fresh south-westerly wind and rainy spells from midday.
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Wigeon, 12th December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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Oystercatchers, 12th December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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Little Egret, 12th December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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20+ Corn Buntings by the Hump Sycamore, 11th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts
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December 11th. Partly cloudy, with fresh south-westerly wind.
On Tennyson's Sands were 219 Brent Geese, 110 Canada Goose, 45 Greylag Geese, 103 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 1 male Pintail, 450 Teal and 16 Tufted Duck. Jackson's Marsh held 30 Gadwall and a Jack Snipe. On Croft Marsh and beyond were 2000 Golden Plover and 2000 Lapwing, with a Red Kite drifting over South at 12.45pm. The Mere held 14 Tufted Duck.
On the sea in the morning was 1 Eider, whilst going South were 2 Guillemot, 1 Common Scoter and 8 Red-throated Diver. Also around were 1720 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Marsh Harrier, a Buzzard, a Barn Owl, 1 Merlin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 38 Siskin, 21 Corn Bunting (By the Hump) and 350 Wigeon (Field 10).
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Skylark, 11th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Corn Bunting, 11th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Corn Buntings, 11th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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