A few interesting ducks at Worthington this morning apart from the usual Mallard and Tufted - 1 female Goldeneye

(first we've seen on here for several winters but very flighty and moving between the two main reservoirs before flying south);

two pairs of Wigeon (again a winter rarity these days), and a male Gadwall, probably the one we recorded on WeBS earlier in the month.

Missing were GCGs, Kingfisher, Dipper (from the Douglas, not surprisingly), Teal and Mandarin, all usually recorded on WeBs, along with

the normally ever present Black-headed and Common Gulls, though a constant stream of mainly Herring Gulls were flying south.Probably

to Wigan or Pennington Flashes? As we parked the car six Fieldfare and one Redwing flew over and in nearby trees was a group of 51 Collared Doves.