More Pink-feet at Girton

Low temperatures meant hockey was cancelled, giving a rare saturday off! After a lazy morning, I went round Girton Pits after lunch. All the pits were frozen over to varying degrees (Spalford Pit least of all). There were some good concentrations of ducks around the areas of open water, with a good count of 168 Teal (113 on the Sailing Lake and 55 on Spalford Pit), but just 19 Goldeneye. On the North Pit, 3 Dunlin and a Snipe were looking a bit sorry for themselves, whilst 3 Pink-feet were lurking amongst the Greylags on the Trent, viewed from the fishermens carpark.



Pink-footed Geese on the River Trent at Girton