04/01/2025  9.00  - 13.00  Blashford North  Paths and hides checked. Mainly OK apart from frost ++ on boardwalk. Tree perch in the centre of Ibsley Water has disappeared. ?2 cormorants perched on the remains of the trunk which is now below the water line.

Plenty of birders in doing their bird counts!  Male and female goosander on rail at Goosander hide, plus 3 goosander on Clearwater pond.  GWE on western shore plus one moving around spit between Lapwing and Goosander. Golden eye in front of Tern hide. ? heard water rail squeal in the reed bed near Lapwing hide.