A frosty early morning was spent at Shepreth L-moor, the first bird seen being a flyover immature Mute Swan, a new bird for the site! It was quiet after that, so I headed for Fowlmere. Here, the small flock of Teals and Mallards also held a single male Gadwall, but little else was noted until I left the hide and heard a Bearded Tit. However, it could not be seen, and apart from a flock of about fifteen Siskin, little else seemed to be about.
Returning in the evening however, a Bittern was seen in flight and a couple of minutes later the Bearded Tit was heard and glimpsed. Two ticks in a couple of minutes!
