Friday 8th Feb Gaddings Dam, Langfield Common etc

Started off at pond above Longfield



13 Lapwing.



1 pink-footed goose flew in. Not present when I returned c.2hrs later.



Walk up to Gaddings Dam



Wet. 1 male stonechat on dry stone wall.



Gaddings



Bracing. Howling wind. Water lapping over the dam side. Serious windchill.



3 goldeneye. 2f, 1m. Rock hard ducks.



Langfield Common



Getting easier.



3 carrion crows.



5 meadow pipits.



Lumbutts



Positively balmy.



8 redwing close to Methodist church.



Then back to the pond above Longfield..............