The group met by the churchyard where the deafening sound of the bells successfully drowned out the leader’s erudite and fascinating introduction, to the relief of many. While the presence of four Wood Pigeons was a great start: the contrast with the 242,000 reported earlier across the channel somewhat dampened our excitement. The real highlight was a movement of Chaffinches, with 140 going south-west towards their wintering areas. More regular species such as Long-tailed Tits and Blackbirds with the less common Treecreeper and Goldcrests kept us entertained. The road was blocked by a fishing boat, an uncommon occurrence even in Clevedon. Waders now became the stars with those carrying telescopes helping us all to see Redshank, Turnstones, Curlews and even our wintering Common Sandpiper. The route to the Kenn was blocked, this time by contractors adding 400 tons of rock to the seawall, so most turned back at this point. One enterprising lady managed to penetrate the defences sufficiently to see a Kingfisher. Some discussion surrounded a gull whose leg and bill colour was concealed by mud. To settle the argument the bird was photographed and put through an AI app. Fortunately this agreed with the leader’s assertion of Herring Gull. The plucky four who had overcome all obstacles finished the trip at the churchyard where all agreed that it had indeed been a bird walk. (Thanks to Howard for leading). Howard Taffs