Sunday February 4

A rather chilly but sunny morning. A light north-westerly. Dave and I did our best to raise the patch from its current malaise but it was hard going.

In the end the only year tick was an adult Peregrine which was upsetting the birds resting in the flash field. The latter comprised 60 Teal, and 53 Black-headed Gulls.

The pool was also disappointing; three Coot and 10 Mallard. I suppose the game cover is pretty much exhausted as, apart from 63 Lesser Redpolls, the finch and bunting numbers barely reached double figures.

Blackbird

It's always a bad sign when the only photo in the posting is a Blackbird.