16th Dec - light NW, cloudy, light rain, drizzle at times, 3C

Misterton; a look here first thing, the lake was mostly frozen over, so the single Mute Swan was near the out flow while Canada geese were walking on the ice.  The usual passerines were about, Nuthatch, Goldcrest and Coal Tit too.  Most interestingly the Rooks were attending to their nests in the tree tops, you could see them moving the twigs making them more secure.

Willey; I checked the feed station just before lunch, 3 Collard Doves were present, the usual Tits and Nuthatch plus a single Yellowhammer, several House Sparrows and 2 Tree Sparrows.

Cotesbach Landfill; Carl had called over lunch to say he had spotted the juv Iceland Gull again, one that shows characters of being a Kumlein's Gull (a Thayers-Iceland Gull hybrid).  I missed it last week, so was hoping to see it.  After watching for quite  while I found it feeding on the rubbish area among other Gulls.  The weather was dull and drizzling but I manged some record digiscoped photos.