Linda and I had some cardboard to recycle (as you do!) so we carried on to Buckenham Marsh for a quick walk to the river and back. We had hoped for a Whinchat or two, but the only passerines we encountered were Reed Buntings. However, there were plenty of odds and ends to enjoy: the Winter wildfowl are beginning to arrive and Teal and Wigeon were present in some numbers. I think we can be certain that the Barnacle Geese are feral and the lone Pink-footed Goose with a broken wing has been here since last Winter, but both were good to see. Several Buzzards and a Peregrine flew around annoying the corvids, while lots of Herons and Little Egrets were stalking the dykes. The large pool (contrary to what I've read elsewhere!) held eight Dunlin, fourteen Ruff and - best of all - one or two Curlew Sandpipers, while the small one by the hide gave us a couple of Snipe.
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