Leighton Moss in January

First stop was the field at the bottom of the road to Dalton Crags were the Glossy Ibis was contentedly feeding by the fence, brilliant views from the road.

Then onto the pools where we got Spotted Redshank and Greenshank, although it was fairly quiet considering it was high tide. The usual duck types were present, but very little of any excitement, so we had our lunch and decided to head for the main reserve to look for Bittern and Otters !!!

First stop, the feeders, all the tits including Marsh Tit, but no Brambling or Nuthatch.

At Lilian's we missed a Bittern by 10 seconds !!! It had dropped into the reeds at the left of the hide and never reappeared, can't tick that !!! We were told of a Green Winged Teal at Grisedale hide, so we went for a look, where we were told it was showing at Lilian's !!!! Can't tick that either !!

But we did watch Peregrine, Marsh Harrier and Buzzard, all in the same binocular view, raptor fest !!!

Round to Public Hide for anything there, but nothing special added. We did pass a tree stump which was seeded for Marsh Tit by the path, brilliant idea, as they were coming regularly close enough to photograph.

Back to Lilian's for sunset, which was stunning, then the starling roost came in right next to the hide !!!

Best views I've had of that and so close.

68 ticks for the day, including Heysham, and Frank had a couple I didn't, so a very good day.