It's been a very ''slow'' start to the year so far. As of yesterday I was on 31, however this morning lower temperatures and a wall to wall blue sky brought me ''five newbies''. Two Mute Swan flyovers (sound of wingbeats ''heard'' well before seeing!), Goldcrest (very ''thin in the trees'' this Winter), Wren, male Blackcap plus a very brief at the feeder! starkly pale Redpoll, which was not confiding whatsoever, unlike the regular Lesser Reds. and to compound my misery, it was feeding behind the feeder, thus I could only see half of it, before flying up and away, and there was no mistaking the un-streaked white rump!!....thus a Meally at the very least..No.36.