Last posting of 2015 - Welney

The weather was very kind for the last day of the year and although colder it was clear and sunny for the middle part of the afternoon at Welney.   Because the weather has been so mild, the Whooper Swans apparently don't leave the fields until later in the day and after dark.   Just three were seen during this visit.   The first image I think must be a Black-headed Gull but there isn't the characteristic dark spot near the eye.   The Whooper Swans were flying against a gathering sky;  the duck I think are Shovelers and the last image brings closure to the year and sums up the wintery feel of dusk.