30th January-5th February 2012 (Snow!)

5th February - hooray, 6 inches of snow fell overnight transforming the world! Juvenile I know, but I always love it (for a bit at least). The Little Egret looked fantastic on the snowy common, but the weather wasn't enough to dampen the song of Dunnock, Robin, Great and Marsh Tits and Chaffinch around the village.

4th February - a walk on Shotesham Common, testing out our developing BirdTrack phone app - Little Egret, Buzzard, Snipe and Little Owl the highlights.

3rd February - a nice find; as I drove home along the A11, a distant raptor crossed the road in front of me. I caught it up, pulled in to a lay-by and jumped out to see a Red Kite drifting across the forest, my first East Anglian kite of the year!

2nd February - continuing the duck theme, a high count of 15 Goosanders at the Nunnery Lakes, plus 31 Cormorants.

1st February - high count of 12 Gadwall at the Nunnery Lakes, plus Brambling and Barnacle Goose.

30th January - pair of Pochard at the Nunnery Lakes, relatively unusual here.

Good numbers of Goosanders at the Nunnery Lakes this year.

Snowy Egret - or at least, egret in the snow. Well camouflaged!

Shotesham Common transformed by snow

Little Egret trying to find a spot to fish on Shotesham Common