Oh Deer What Can the Matter Be

 Straight in at the deep end as immediately on arrival at the Sewerage Works the low tones of the outstanding 3rd 'little bird' and with a little coaxing straiaght into view a

a male then female

BULLFINCH
and beyond the locked gates

and against a clear blue sky one of about 30

BLACK-HEADED GULLs
With frozen Ponds and Padlocks there was little else to delay our transit to the south

and again into the company of a decent number of

continuously gorging

FIELDFARE
The small colony of

HOUSE SPARROWs
along the track rarely pose for a snap except for this cheeky chappy while the 3

ROE DEER

along with half a dozen
WOOD PIGEONs

appeared to be hitting it off!