11th January

A blasting northwesterly reduced coverage and the only reports from the Bill were of 6 Brent Geese and 6 Common Scoters through on the sea and 4 Purple Sandpipers on the land. Visitors mentioned umpteenth-hand reports of the likes of a Black Brant again at Ferrybridge.

You can see why the Barn Owl(s) like it at Southwell © Pete Saunders: