Thursday, January 02, 2014
Bright weather beckoned me out of doors after the awfulness of yesterday. I went first to the woods in hopes of seeing a lesser-spot but in this I failed. Brambling, treecreeper, goldcrest, and nuthatch were the best of the sightings.
Next I went to the Jubilee River. The male shelduck and the teal were on the Eton Wick flood.
I scanned all the birches and alders for siskins and redpolls but could see only a couple of goldfinches.