November 6th

Here is the proof but you will need a magnifying lens!

Back from my bout of culture; Tate Britain, V&A, and Natural History Museum to find a few more birds to add to the total and raise more money. London did add two to the list with a few Red Kites on the journey down and then hordes of Ring-necked Parakeets shrieking their heads off in Hyde Park.
Today a quick trip to Brandon for the redhead Smew (a migrant doing it right, turning up here from the north when it gets cold) and then a walk round Draycote yielded a Black-necked Grebe. The only problem was that I went the wrong way round and had a 4 and a half mile walk to find the bird when the reservoir is only 5 miles around. If only I had gone clockwise!
Anyway the total has now reached 67