The sky was clear as the sun came up this morning, so after yesterday's excesses of turkey and Christmas pudding, we were glad to head out early to see what birds were about. We walked east along the beach at Kinmel Bay but sadly not a bird was in sight. We walked as far as the River Clwyd but still no sign of the wintering Snow Buntings. It looked like we were out of luck. Just to dampen our spirits even further, the sky blackened and it began to sleet. Great! Luckily this was only a passing shower and the sun soon returned, and even better, as we started heading back to the car, we caught sight of the Snow Buntings. The group of five birds pottered amongst the pebbles on the beach, the colours of their plumage merging in with the background. Luckily, the Snow Buntings are well used to people walking along the beach, so they weren't bothered by us approaching them to take a photograph or two.