Doesn't seem six months since coming out to watch the wildlife excluding holiday in October.
Main reason for going out was a bird I'd never seen before, seen one of it's cousins a few year back at Grainthorpe
I took along a mate cos two pairs of eyes are better than one! Thankfully we managed to catch a glimpse as it flew from the top of a small tree into the shaded area to get out of the wind and rain, who can blame it. We had the mobile hide with the heater on 
In total didn't see many birds at all but left well happy! Nay very happy!Called at Carr Dyke Pumping Station about 14.30 but very little was seen.
Grid Ref: SE 8307 we spotted the Great Grey Shrike but not long enough to take a snap
we searched for it best part of two hours but it kept well out of sight. We drove to Butterwick Hale and spotted 18 Fieldfare and a Buzzard. Didn't stay long it was too cold and windy!Then went to Black Bank to the "new" road, wow it's a vast improvement!
As we went east there were 32 Mute Swan including juvs, drove down past the feeding station and turned back, the feeders need filling There is pull-in on the left where we can look across a field today it had very little except 3 Fieldfare plus two unidentified birds which took off as I pulled in, and they were flying slowly over the low trees which separate the field and the ploughed land looking towards the Silver Birch trees.It flew as if it was heading south, don't laugh well you can if you want
at first it looked like a Gannet as it had black and white on it's wings, sadly Dave didn't see it he was preparing the camera 
I said it wasn't Shelduck and then said wonder they looked like a White Stork ( or later that week I now believe them to have been a pair of Common Crane) (are you all still laughing),they never came back. Maybe I've been out of action too long!After leaving BB went to look for the GGS again but no luck, we stayed till 17.15.
Enjoyed the outing but am now paying for it, even though I stayed next to or in the car.
Good luck in finding the GGS, it's been there a while so a little bird told me,
odd that I cannot find a record of it in this section, maybe I need new glasses. Kind regards
John aka Max ably assisted by Dave Johnson
So I thought I might as well be sat in car watching the birds as sat in house.