Friday 23rd January

The Avon was low so that there were birds all along the muddy banks. I think the strong wind from the cold North Atlantic must have driven a number into the estuary, at any rate there was a Black Backed Gull and a lot of smaller gulls which I did not recognise at first, they were probably just Common Gulls! Redshank too. A Peregrine was just visible in the oak opposite the Peregrine Watch. Huge puddles nearly covered parts of Circular Road.

Sunday 18th January

I walked across to the Gorge, stopped a few minutes just down the path into Fairyland, then back through the myriad paths that make up this woody glade. I fervently hope that it does not get 'opened up' by the Parks Department. A few birds on the wing over Clifton Downs, a small flight of thrush-like Fieldfare, a Great Tit and the usual culprits - Magpies, Rooks, Black Headed Gulls, Blackbirds etc..
The rest of the week was cold and wet, so, Friday has arrived and I'm about to set off on the first cycle ride for nearly two weeks!
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