January 30th
We had an early morning excursion to Milton Creek to see the male Pine Bunting. We were exceptionally lucky because as we walked down the track to the seawall we saw a Kestrel sitting on top of a hawthorn bush down the side track and it was being mobbed by three birds. Two of these were Yellowhammers and the other was the Pine Bunting giving us decent telescope views for about a minute.
After this excitement we were back at Shuart by 0945 where we saw 1 Jay, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Water Rail, 4 Kestrels, 15 Blackbirds, 13 Golden Plovers, 40 Lapwings, 1 Corn Bunting and 1 Red Kite  (120th) drifting W.
On our arrival home the male Blackcap again showed well in our garden.