Drum roll....... Here are the results from the December WeBS count at Langford:
Black headed gull
152
Canada goose
35
Coot
56
Cormorant
31
Gadwall
68
Goldeneye
10
Great crested grebe
2
Grey heron
5
Greylag goose
30
Kingfisher
1
Little egret
Little grebe
3
Mallard
58
Moorhen
6
Mute swan
34
Pochard
21
Shoveller
14
Teal
151
Tufted duck
182
Wigeon
Pink footed goose
15
Greater black backed gull
Lesser black backed gull
Common gull
8
Herring gull
43
Green sandpiper
Pochard numbers are building nicely, but overall wildfowl numbers are still fairly low as the weather's been pretty mild and presumably species such as wigeon and pintail haven't had the need to leave northern Europe in big numbers yet. This will quickly change if/when temperatures start dropping on the continent.
Heron at dawn taken by Stuart Carlton