18th November

On arrival a flock of 31 Fieldfare flew south over the car park. I headed down to the main lake and a quick scan of the south west corner for Little Egrets drew a blank. Walked along the main path towards Fingers and discovered the Little Egrets were on site but this time in the South East corner of the main lake, under the overhanging trees between the last fishing swim and the hide. I headed down the spit at Fingers to find 4 Shoveller, 5 Little Grebe and the swan family in lillypads, notable fewer wildfowl than yesterday. There was nothing at all on east fingers. Back on the main path at the Beach another flock of c.45 Fieldfare flew over south and a small charm of 12 Goldfinch flew from the crescent to the navigation channel.

Met DK while heading down to Kramer hide and he said the Little Egrets had been in the South West corner when he arrived.

Kramer hide was completely dead so I headed around Fingers to find 4 Gadwall (3m) skulking around the back. A extra Shoveller flew off when I got to the dead seat, making 5 in total. A single Redwing was in the rough.

Headed around the main lake. Counted 61 Great Crested Grebes and 29 Cormorants. The Little Egrets were absent from the South East Corner but when I got back to the visitor centre I noticed one of the three was back in the South West corner. It flew off at about 10:30, disappearing behind the island and I didn't see where it went.