We had our first frost of the season last night and it was pretty chilly when we arrived at Slimbridge. There was a glorious blue sky and the fields were filling with lots of geese and fowl. However, it has still remained very dry and there is much less water than we would normally expect at this time of the year. There were not too many waders around. Perhaps, because of the tide time they had moved to the estuary.
The first Bewick swans have arrived from Russia and we saw our first two. Normally common snipe are quite secretive but recently we have had good views of them at Slimbridge and today was no exception.
Footnote
We have a rowan tree in our garden and it has been laden with berries this autumn until the blackbirds decided the berries were ripe for eating. They have completely stripped it of all its berries in less than a week. I have seen up to eight blackbirds at one time making the most of it. The word clearly spreads quickly.
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