London patch visits to Regent's Park for plenty of thrushes feeding on berries: Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird; at Darlands Lake for Tawny Owl, Bullfinch & my first Kingfisher in London!

Tuesday 3rd, Regent's Park--Boating Lake, London, UK.

Sunday 8th, Darlands Lake NR, London, UK.

Wednesday 11th, Regent's Park--Boating Lake, London, UK …

Back in the UK, I visited a couple of familar places as I sought to reconnect with birding in the UK after 5 years in the USA.

On the first of the month, Chosely Drying Barns hosted what appeared to be a good Rough-Legged Buzzard. Myself and two other birders …