Leri saltings at high tide this morning

After driving down the very icy track, alongside the boatyard, to the Leri this morning as I turned on to the saltings track I was confronted by a mass of duck. Right along the side of the track and out on the water were several hundred Wigeon, Teal and Mallard - Too many to get an accurate count. In addition Redshank in profusion, Curlew, Sanderling, a male Tufted on the river, several flocks of Starlings and a flock of about 45 Linnets.