NYD 2013

Normally I do the Suffolk New Years Day birdrace, but not this year... After hosting a party last night, I managed some fairly low-key birding today instead. A check of Spalford Pit at Girton failed to produce the Ferruginous Duck amongst the 226 Tufted Duck and other wildfowl, and 7 Goosanders were the best birds during a quick walk around Rufford Abbey CP in the afternoon - no Hawfinches, unsurprisingly! I haven't even bothered totting up my species list for the day yet, but it's going to be miles off my PB of 128, seen on the 2008 Suffolk birdrace (where we were beaten into second place by a new county record).