Image by givingnot@rocketmail.com via FlickrThis might be expanded at some point but as it is Christmas Eve, there are more pressing things to do. Still, I don't want to forget to put a couple of things in this diary: The Christmas Games Night and a very good day's birding. I should also mention that during the last minute Christmas shopping I managed to fit in two more films: "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" and "Puss in Boots".
We played some raucous party and dexterity games including Word on the Street, Monty Python Fluxx, Ntropy, Cairo and Pass the Bomb. A good time was had by all I believe, certainly by me, although it will be a long time before I fully recover from Petra Pan's wholehearted interpretation of baracking the opposition in Word on the Street.
Birding was rather more successful than of late. Although we failed to find the Snow Bunting at Widewater again, we did see another Black Redstart along with the usual suspects (Sparrows, Teal, Little Egret, Mallards, Little Grebe, Swan...). We then returned to the Burpham area and this time found the wonderful Rough-legged Buzzard along with Grey Partridge, Kestrels and Common Buzzard. We then found Bewick Swans along with Canada and Greylag Geese and Deer at Amberley and finally had magnificent views of a hunting Short-Eared Owl skimming low over the fields near Rodmell as the shadows lengthened.Enjoyed the last two films of the year and will shortly be issuing the shortlist for this years film of the year and other "Timbo" awards to interested parties. The award anouncements proper will be on New Years Eve.
If anyone other than me actually reads this "diary" may I wish you a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS or any other winter festivity or holiday you enjoy at this cold dark time of year (at least in this part of this hemisphere it is). ...and if no-one else is reading it: HAPPY CHRISTMAS, ME!
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