Checked out about the only area of high ground in the area west of Milton Keynes: Quainton Hill.
Got there at dawn, and had a good look at a flock of 16 Siskins feeding in Alder. Higher up the hill, the air was full of Lesser Black Backed Gulls, surprisingly, with a few hundred birds passing over head and in surrounding fields. One had a red leg ring which I couldn't read the I.D. unfortunately.
Mist cleared, and I was treated to excellent views of the surrounding area which is predominantly flat. Nothing of interest up the hill, but large groups of Starlings and Corvids, with smaller numbers of winter Thrushes, and Chaffinches.
(A nearby hill is a hotspot for Ring Ouzels, so it will be interesting if this hill turns up anything of note in the spring.)
Called in at a farmer's grain store near Granborough on the journey home which was alive with mainly Chaffinches, at least 50, also about 15 Yellowhammers and 2 Tree Sparrows. Couldn't find any Bramblings amongst them.
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