Fiona had school planning work to do today , Miles wanted to do his maths degree work and Clifford was still in bed so I went out to Saltholme RSPB site on Teesside for the morning and early afternoon. The birds were thin on the ground at Saltholme and I just missed a flock of Waxwings but I did have a good ramble around in the winter light . I bought some new binoculars at Saltholme and they were great so in the early afternoon I went to Durham and did the usual Durham walk and saw seven Goosanders, yes seven , this sighting blows a hole in my idea that Goosanders were congregating around the open water in the River Wear because the ponds and lakes are frozen but on the other hand most of the ponds and lakes at Saltholme which is 5 miles from the coast are still frozen and its colder inland . Still that's a lot of Goosanders! Driving back to Darlington with the sun setting orange golden it was a great end to a nice holiday.