winter birding

The bitterly cold weather brought lots of birds to the feeders this morning, including 2 male blackcaps, 8 reedbuntings a pair of coal tits and even a grey wagtail feeding on crumbs under the fat bar.

In the afternoon I drove over to Hayling Island to see the shore lark,also saw red- breasted mergansers and large flocks of dunlin.

Back at Pagham harbour there was a marsh harrier hunting over the north fields,I waited until sunset to see if a bittern would come in to roost in the breach pool reed beds,but no sign of one 

grey wagtail