Saturday 12th January (The Year So Far)

The story so far is one of frustration with a new smart phone and a use of technology that has failed, through the result of the user, rather than the systems themselves.

In short Mr. Kite has visited the usual place in and around Shrewsbury including Venus Pool, Polemere and Monkmoor Lagoon looking at the birds. Lots of birds were on view and some of these were starting to show signs of courtship, amourness and plain reproductive behaviour. Certainly the most frisky were the ducks.

With snowdrops popping through the brown wet soil and catkins dangling from the branches Mr. Kite watched the year progress whilst adding carrion crow, black-headed gull, grey heron, whooper swan, northern shoveler, coal tit, little grebe, cormorant, bullfinch, raven, reed bunting and meadow pipit.

On this Saturday Mr. Kite sat in the garden for a short time listening to the bird songs of early January. Wood pigeons, feral pigeons, robins and blackbirds could be heard.