December 26th
On yet another mild but blustery morning we walked around the Shuart area and saw 5 Ring-necked Parakeets, 2 Chiffchaffs, 6 Goldcrests, 6 Mistle Thrushes, 16 Chaffinches, 7 Mute Swans, 12 Goldfinches, 3 Lesser Redpolls, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 18 Blackbirds and 1 Fieldfare.
Later all we saw at Minnis Bay were 3 adult Gannets flying W close inshore. In addition Terry Wilson had a Peregrine chasing the waders along the shore.