As I arrived in the car park at Ynys-hir today the skys opened and decided to dump more snow on the place. There was a strong wind from the east making the snow come at me horizontally.
I sat in the car for a while and nearly changed my mind about visiting the Breakwater Hide but by that time I had been spotted and didn't want to appear wimpish. So, a brave face was put on and off I went. I'm glad I did continue because, sitting on my own in the hide during quite a heavy snowfall I felt completely at peace.
Amongst the birds seen were -
1 Woodcock, 4 Goldeneye, 76 Redshank, 5 Grey Plover, 3 Greylag Geese, c275 Dunlin, 1 Snipe and a pair of Red-breasted Merganser. There were also lots of Shellduck, Curlew, Lapwing, Meadow Pipit, Redwing and Fieldfare about.