With Autumn passage feeling a distant memory and your hands starting to feel like blocks of ice, whilst working the patch, here is something to warm the soul and keep the eyes keen!!!:

Here are some birds that have been seen in the valley during December:

Little Egret -2003
Pintail -2002
Mandarin -2006
Goosander - rare till 2008 and now annual
Peregrine -2002
Merlin -2006
Water Rail - recorded most years
Oystercatcher -1989
Curlew -1990
Woodcock -1996
Jack Snipe - 2001,2003,2005,2007
Little Gull -2001
Mediterranean Gull -1995
Yellow-legged Gull -2003,2006
Iceland Gull -1989,2008
Kittiwake -1978
Long-eared Owl -1996
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker -1989,1996,2002,2005
Stonechat - 2002,2005,2006
Marsh Tit -2006
Hawfinch -1990

Please comment to provide any good December sightings since 2009 and happy birding to all!!!