With the weather remaining quite bright, plenty of local birds are starting to sing including Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wren and Song Thrush. A Treecreeper was a rare sighting. My New Year Plant Hunt found only four ornamental shrubs in flower. In spite of intensive searching, I couldn't find a single Dandelion, Daisy or Dead-nettle flower.