The first chance of having a proper walk around the patch for a week showed the ground still saturated although the floods are now almost gone.It was still cold and we have the chance of snow again tonight.
 On the feeders CoalTit, Lesser Redpoll and a male Blackcap were the best visitors, the Blackcap being the second bird of the week (the first being a female ).
On the patch itself it is much the same as the previous days with 750 plus Starling and 100 plus Black Headed Gulls on the wet pasture.
The number of winter Thrush"s is still decreasing with 50 plus Redwing and 24 plus Fieldfare today, also 1 Mistle Thrush was noted. Overhead a Raven soared over and a local Buzzard called as it hunted the fields.
It was nice to note a Yellowhammer ,the first for some weeks, also a flock of 7 Stock Dove was seen.
The first good sized flock of Chaffinch was seen since October with 54 plus in one of the hedges still a long way short of the 150 plus earlier in the Autumn.
The best of the rest were Pied Wagtail and just 1 flyover Skylark