Saturday 18th February (A Quiet London)

Mr. Kite looked out of The London Residence window. A black-headed gull flew over. During the day blue tits and blackbirds flew around the trees in Hampstead.

On this quiet day Mr Kite sat around, looked at birds through the window and did a crossword clue. Here is that clue:

Sawbill messing about mars green (9 letters).

In the afternoon Mr. Kite went to Waterstones and found a half-price copy of Simon Barnes's book on bird song; so he purchased it. So in the late afternoon Mr. Kite sat in a pub drank some Shropshie Gold, read some bird songs and felt quite content.

The answer to the crossword clue is an anagram of mars green. The bird is a sawbill and a relative of the goosander. Cheers from a lazy Mr. Kite.