Sunday was a lunch-only outing to Pulborough (with M) to pick up the 2017 SOS Report, with just Great Spotted Woodpecker and Kestrel on the circular route, out via Chi and back via Petersfield.
Yesterday was a brief visit to Titchfield where the low-tide and millpond conditions were ideal - sadly little on show other than the Great Northern Diver off Rainbow Bar (pointed out by MF) and six very distant Eiders (5m) plus 40+ Great Crested Grebes and 750+ Brent off Brownwich. Five dozing Snipe was it for south scrape.
Today's first bird of the year was, unsurprisingly, pre-dawn, heard-only Herring Gull!!
PS Probably should have made an early trip to ASDA at Totton where yesterday's Waxwings had returned and increased to eleven.
