Keen to see wether access was back along the sea wall at Novartis Ings, after dropping Heather off at the station, I went to have a look. I had hoped to access the sea wall from near the dock but the beginning of the footpath was not in evidence, perhaps blocked off. Instead I drove to the old Novartis plant but the security personel who normally open the barrier appeared not to be there. Twice thwarted I parked the car and walked along the track past The Ings and onto the sea wall. It was only 4C, overcast and drizzling and in the brisk easterly wind, bitterly cold. When I arrived at the sea wall it was blocked between there and the dock; presumably why I couldn't find the start of the path. There were large numbers of shelduck, redshank and dunli and in the distance a large flock of lapwing and beyond them, on the tideline black-tailed godwit were present. The ings were quiet apart from gulls, wigeon, a lone little egret and plenty of gulls. Despite the miserable conditions I saw 24 species.
Photos are from the archive and taken in much more pleasant weather.
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