Monday 5th December (Cold, Wet and Wintry)


Mr. Kite looked out of his bedroom window into a cold wet and wintry morning. The road was quiet, the birds were scarce and the people few. So Mr. Kite read some bird poems and periodically looked out of the living room window to see what was flying around.

In the late afternoon Mr. Kite took The Beast from the shed and cycled to Monkmoor Lagoon to watch the sunset and birds fly in to roost. In the air wood pigeons, stock doves and magpies circled before heading to the surrounding trees. Carrion crows and jackdaws flew towards Haughmond Hill. Then lastly mallards dropped onto the water in a neat formation, a flock of canada geese flew in from the east bringing a barnacle goose for good measure. Once on the water they stirred back into life when two grey herons flew across the lagoon.

With a half moon shining and a planet nearby Mr. Kite looked over the dark cold water before cycling home for a warming tipple of Tetley tea. Cheers.