Year ticked Paul parsons by the pool while we were chatting he spotted a bittern on the west side watched it fly into the reeds ,also seen by myself were a fieldfare eating berries by the center 12 redwing over male and female blackcap 11 meadow plplts 8 chaffinch  bullfinch coal blue and great tits robin dunnock wren blackbird song thrush 6 pled wagtails usual stuff on the pool house sparrow and greenfinch by the bird table a few red admirals a and a comma