Passing the snow clad Lake District fells, our trip north of the border to Caerlaverock did not disappoint, with the spectacle of restless flocks of Barnacle Geese in their thousands. Other highlights here included dozens of posing Yellowhammers and a lone Peregrine Falcon. Next day in the Leighton Moss area we added super views of numerous male Bullfinches, a Snipe, a Goldeneye drake and both Coal and Marsh Tits.