RM Canal - Pett Level
30th November 2005, WednesdayWith a cold red sun coming up over frosted levels, a variety of birds were radiating out from their reedbed roosts: Greenfinches, Redpolls and Reed Buntings were all on the move and a flock of 34 Stock Doves must have been coming from the newly-denuded Castle Water (…though I did notice on that photo a single willow which has been carelessly left).
With the water level kept low, the canal is a deep and muddy gulley, where Redshank were wading in the shallows and Teal gingerly testing the skin of ice on stiller parts. About 100 Teal were feeding there altogether. On the edge of the mud were 2 Grey Wagtails and - incongruously - a Green Woodpecker dropped in for some iced water.