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It was a foul afternoon (but not particularly a fowl afternoon) at Northwick Warth on the Severn Estuary; there was a little sunshine but mainly cold winds, rain and hail.

My perseverance was rewarded with a close-up view of a black-tailed godwit, 12 little ringed plovers, a small flock of pied wagtails and three redshank on the shore line. On the Pilning Wetlands there were surprisingly few birds. For me the best was a not too distant teal and a very distant little grebe.

Black-tailed godwit

Black-tailed godwit

Black-tailed godwit

Little grebe

Pied wagtails

Pied wagtails

Teal

Little ringed plovers

Little ringed plover

Redshank