The last visit of the year to Abberton to see if the cold weather had brought in any more winter wildfowl. Not vast amounts around from the Layer Breton causeway, but there was some flight action amongst the swans and Greylag Geese.
There were also two female Smew under the trees to the east of the causeway, but sadly just too far for any decent shots even in the beautiful light. Luckily, by way of compensation, there was a pair of Goldeneye diving reasonably close-in which provided some reasonable shots.
Look at this one eyeing up a potential threat overhead.
At the Layer de la Haye causeway the large flock of 40+ Goosanders was still present, but unlike our last visit were keeping well out on the reservoir instead of periodically swimming in close to feed right inside the sluice. However to finish off the morning the long-staying Slavonian Grebe was performing well just off the concrete bank and fishing well as you can see.
Well, that was a good start to the day and now off to Mersea on the receding tide for hopefully a wader fest.
Watch This Space!!!!
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