A nought degree morning with blue clear skies and sunshine with a good covering of frost on a light N>3. Luckily Ned Hill had been gritted after a good coating of ice on the road.
A lack of wildfowl once again with just the local Mallards whilst the gull count was well down in the fifties. Amazing to watch a 2 CY Herring gull playing ball as it kept flying up to a height then dropping the ball down into the water before diving down into the water to retrieve it. It continued this throughout my visit.
Nothing in the Alders other than 2 Bullfinch but the waterside trees were very active with a large tit flock, several Goldcrests and around 40 Chaffinch along with 2 female Brambling and a few Goldfinch.
The usual 2 Jays were down on the beech nuts whilst a Raven flew overhead.
Another day of the same tomorrow with clear skies and sunshine on a light WNW turning west kicking off at 0 degree.
BS