Tracks in the snow

We had a bit of a walk at Besthorpe today, parking at the Silt Lagoon at Collingham, and then walking up the side of Mons Pool, along the Trent, through Besthorpe NWT, and back down through Mons Pool. It was fairly quiet on the bird front, with 2 Redshank and a Little Egret the best; the hoped for Goosander on the river and flyover Peregrine, or even a Red-legged Partridge, didn't materialise. There were were plenty of mammals tracks in the snow, and some interesting bird tracks too, including what looked like Woodcock (notice the bill probes where it changes direction):

Presumed Woodcock tracks and bill probe holes

We tried to track it for a while (this would be a good patch yeartick), but then came across this, and gave up!

Lots of tracks!

I then had a go for gulls at Cotham Landfill after lunch, but there were no gull present.  Given that there had been a fair few here last saturday, including the Glauc, I can only assume that some rubbish had been left uncovered, and hadn't been today. However, I did flush two Woodcock (I didn't have to rely on footprints this time).

But bird of the day goes to the Fieldfare that was in my garden eating apples. Very nice too.