Keyhaven Marshes, Hampshire

Hi again!
Last saturday we went down to the south coast to a place called Keyhaven Marshes, a wonderful expanse of water pools and reedbeds on the edge of the sea.
We had barely passed through the gate when a man with a scope called us over. He pointed out a wonderful Red-breasted Goose that was feeding in among a big flock of canada geese. Apparently it has been a regular visitor both this year and last year.
Out on the marshes there were various ducks including lots of shoveler and wigeon whose whistling calls rang out every now and then. We also spotted a few pintail and teal. The only waders there were huge numbers of black-tailed godwits and lapwing.
We got to the sea where we watched turnstone and red-breasted mergansers. I then found old sea-purslane, rock-samphire, woolly thistles and a few patches of old golden samphire! I just wish the flowers had been out
Anyway, we then past another lagoon where we saw redshank and little grebes and went on to a little ditch/stream. Here we heard and saw a cetti's warbler (first of the year ), goldcrests and a wonderful kingfisher that landed on a reed above the water .
On the journey there I had spotted some winter heliotrope by the roadside so we stopped on the way back for my photo

FLOWER OF THE DAY: Winter heliotrope
BIRD OF THE DAY: Red-breasted goose