Common People - Pulp

 Something of a decent start to the day as for the second time since our arrival here 10 years ago along with the usual early morning influx of

MALLARD
from thier roost south of the river also came only our second pair of

female

male
TEAL
on the Main Pond which, for whatever reason, seem to shun this watercourse in favour of all the others?

Also at pond-side and far more frequent a brace of

very smart

HERRING GULLs
a favoured family group,

and otherwise it was another Zero° morning as we headed north to find a lone

MAGPIE

enjoying this years surfeit of

ACORNS
where as last year nobody reported a single one!

It seems to have become a fact that the

CATTLE
from the Heath to the north now escape with

importunity so, as stated before, we now decline to inform them!
while in that particular area it was worth a look for both

TREECREEPER

first noted by that gentle low pitched 'wheeze'

but not sight nor sound of the usual bed-fellow the
NUTHATCH.
Back at Home Base as has become usual the

STARLINGs

were making the most of what a

Mild Thaw
might bring.