Benacre & Covehithe

On Saturday 21st December, I walked down to Covehithe Broad and I first saw 1 then 2 Scaup like female Tufted Ducks in a group of Duck along the north side of the Broad, but then from the right first 1 then 2 genuine female Scaups were seen but were quite skittish and were shy of the camera. There was also a smart male Pochard too and together with the Goldeneye seen on the south side of the Broad 2 male and 3 female Goldeneye. Walking to Benacre Broad, the 7 Whooper Swans were mostly asleep along the Broad hide inlet, one bird was preening a lot. There was also 1 female Goldeneye on the Broad too. This was all very nice, but the atmosphere was ruined when I heard shooting coming from within the Beach Farm Covehithe complex, Pigeons and Jackdaws flew up and 1 Jackdaw was hit and plummeted to the ground, I then saw a freshly dead Pigeon on the grass by the pink cottage by the road and opposite St. Andrew's Church, not good.