Red-breasted Merganser

It was a cold frosty morning here on the south coast of Cornwall but the wind was light and off-shore which was idea to record the calm sea sunrise which is near to the closest it gets to St Michael's Mount throughout the year.

Several groups of Curlew flew in from coastal roosts to cross Marazion Marsh on route to their inland feeding grounds and the rabbits on the warren cuddled up for warmth on the frosty grass around their burrows

A noisy trio of crows searched the warren looking for something to start their day and their racket attracted more of their clan which flew in to join them.

The surprise of this mornings early shoot was a female Red-Breasted Merganser which is a bird that I have never seen at Marazion Marsh before.