Patching It

It's been all about my patch, Grindon Lough, during the first half of November as I haven't been able to get further afield.  We are now well and truly settled into winter at Grindon with hundreds of Wigeon, Teal and Lapwing at the lough, plus the usual flock of Canada Geese.  The two adult Greenland White-fronted Geese that returned to the lough on 24 October are still present, as is an adult Whooper Swan that first appeared on 3 November.  Highlight of the past two weeks was a Kingfisher on 8 November, my first here in 12 years and thus a 'full-fat' patch tick!  That's as exciting as it gets though, with the best of the rest being a couple of Dunlin, the odd Pink-foot and 70 Golden Plover.  It's only a matter of time before I find a Yank Wigeon or GW Teal though...