The sullen grey skies for the last few days have been rather depressing, and the resulting poor light not good for photography. Even so, it was a delight yesterday to find a group of c.6 Redpolls feeding in tall birches near the dipping pond. Redpolls used to be regularly seen at Cosmeston [say about 15 yrs ago and earlier] but they are very scarce these days. Today a few Fieldfare flew over W paddock, calling, the first I’ve seen this winter. Also yesterday and today, there were 3 drake Pochard on W lake – another species that used to be very numerous in the winter. Of non-avian interest – the fungi were in good condition, but my phone app was not able to ID them with any certainty.