With much of the local landscape still frost-bound, the unfrozen drainage ditch in Auldhouse Park was a magnet for birds with Blackbird, Redwing, Song Thrush, Robin, Chaffinch and Woodpigeon all present. A Treecreeper and Grey Wagtail nearby were good records for the park. I decided to walk up the Auldhouse Burn a little way to see if any birds were using it. However I was disappointed to find it a cloudy grey colour and totally devoid of any bird life. A Buzzard, four Grey Squirrels and four Bullfinches in the woods behind Eastwood were some consolation.