A dry, calm morning at Ogden with a S>2 at 3 degrees and some sun but failing to get full daylight until 0900 hrs.
The family of Grey Partridge were in the Taylor Lane top field as I passed in the near dark but gone on my way back home.
The west bank was poor this morning but plenty disturbance, even first light, with just a few Siskin and Redpoll flitting about in the Alder tree tops whilst only 3 Bullfinch were present.
Nothing in the way of gulls with just 8 Commons and 12 Black Headed on the water and otherwise just the usual species. Not a good finish to the year.
The afternoon proved better when a skein of 78 Pinkies flew over Foxhill Park >W at 1315 hrs whilst I was up there dog walking. Luckily I had thought of taking the camera, just in case. So my last bird sighting of 2023 was a skein of Pinks so I can,t ask for more than that.
Hope the New Year is kind to you all in health, wealth and happiness, along with bins full of birds, and I,ll see you in 2024. All the best, Brian.
BS