A post-shopping tour of the pond was pleasant, chillier than yesterday and pretty birdless. Forty-two Cormorants were a little down on last autumn's peak of 56, single Grey Heron, no ducks other than Mallard, a couple of heard-only Mistle Thrush and yet another day with Skylarks audible overhead and all presumably part of light, autumn passage. Still mating Common Darters on the wing, Eristalis spp, Hornets and Ivy Bees on the hotter, more sheltered Ivy patches.

Four Buzzards were circling together above the Causeway.