Tuesday November 20th

The morning was damp and cloudy, but with a misty sunshine. Some of the Horse Chestnuts on Saville Road, and the Beech trees inside Wills Hall grounds, still have a lot of golden leaves, and in the Gorge the Silver Birch trees are still yellow with their leaves. At Sea Walls there were several Redshank, a Heron and numerous Gulls and Mallard. I watched one of the Redshank for a while, it was walking up and down the mud feeding, and every now and again going into the river to wash its beak, at least that is what it looked like. There were Redshank every 100 meters or so this morning, they never seem to gather in groups like the other birds, always solitary.