December 17th

On what had been forecast to be a dry morning we walked from Minnis Bay to Plumpudding but got thoroughly soaked on the return walk. With the tide out, birds we saw included 4 Curlews, 3 Grey Herons, 19 Oystercatchers, 3 Pied Wagtails, 1 Kestrel, 19 Great Black-backed Gulls, 3 Grey Plovers, 14 Meadow Pipits, 2 Turnstone, 6 Cormorants, 2 Little Egrets, 4 Snow Buntings on the beach by the beginning of the seawall, 1 Cetti's Warbler and 42 Dark-bellied Brent Geese.

At home at Bishopstone we had a group of 5 Ring-necked Parakeets flying W.