A busy Christmas lunch at Pipit Corner, Aldcliffe around midday. The 9.73 metre high tide augmented by a stiff breeze meant the river was as high as I’ve seen it, pushing the birds up onto the xylo-flotsam and the handful of grassy ‘islands’ remaining.
At least 2 Rock pipits amongst the Meadow pipits (but no Water pipit)
2 Pied wagtails – one having a right go at all the Mipits
1 Grey wagtail
2 Reed buntings
2 Greenfinches
Chaffinches
6 Snipe
2 Curlew
2 Little Egret
Starlings
Black-headed gulls
Teal
Mallard
