The indefatigable Mary Sheridan led the walk from the Woburn town car park. Her walk was well attended, the group numbering 29 people, but any YounGnats must have stayed at home playing with their Christmas presents since all 29 were adults. Shame!

Here’s Mary’s summary …

The weather was dry but cold and we had to keep moving to keep warm.  We had 42 bird species including Red Kite, Buzzard, Treecreeper, Siskin and Goldcrest.  On the mammal front we had good views of five species of deer – Red, Fallow, Sika, Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer – plus Rabbit and Grey Squirrel.  We watched a seemingly never-ending herd of Red Deer run across the road near Paris House and then down towards the lake in front of the Abbey.  It was quite an impressive sight.

Fallow Deer