Essex - Mistley Walls - 2nd January 2010

For the second day in the year we headed into Essex and the wildfowl and waders on the river Stour.

There were the usual high numbers of Knot feeding in the mud, plus Avocet and Curlew. Duck wise there were Pintails, Shelduck, Goldeneye and Scaup. Plus over a hundred Mute Swans which had been infiltrated by the usual escaped Black Swans and two Chinese Geese (a domestically bred goose).

Life bird count: 389 Year bird count: 89 Month bird count: 89

Photo: Chinese Goose [domestic & escaped]