December 10th
It was very overcast and a bit drizzly this morning as we walked from Shuart to Brooksend and on to Plumpudding and counted 4 Ring-necked Parakeets, 52 Lapwings, 2 Common Buzzards, 19 Blackbirds, 31 Mute Swans, 45 House Sparrows at the Riding Centre, 3 Pied Wagtails, 37 Oystercatchers, 22 Turnstone, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 18 Redshank, 4 Sanderling, 13 Goldfinches, 45 Ringed Plovers, 28 Mallard, 6 Curlew, 1 Little Egret, 16 Linnets, 99 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Fieldfares,  Little Owl and 1 Marsh Harrier.