Early winter at the London Wetland Centre

Spent a couple of quiet hours at the London Wetland Centre. A Bittern in the reeds bordering the Main Lake showed well, but there was no sign of the reported Bearded Tits in the moderate south-westerly. A scan of the Grazing Marsh and Scrape for a Jack Snipe produced 11 Common Snipe and a Reed Bunting instead, and 56 Wigeon, 65 Shoveler, 40 Teal, 11 Gadwall and a Shelduck were amongst the wintering wildfowl.