Brilliant Birds

General 

Elliott was mainly in good spirits today. He did get upset after lunch because it was raining and he wanted to scooter in the skatepark but he did cheer up quickly. 

Activities

After we'd got up and had breakfast he practiced his Clarinet and then we drove to Pulborough Bird Reserve for a Brilliant Birds family event. This began by the children there saying what birds they thought they might see. Then we went out on to the reserve to look for birds with binoculars they provided starting in a field setting where we saw Blue Tits, Great Tits and a Long Tailed Tit:

Then we walked to a special hide by a lake where everyone had some hot chocolate and we saw lots of different water birds, with Elliott's favourite being some Lapwings:

Then we headed back to the visitor centre and everyone made bird feeders using pine cones (which they smeared with fat and seeds). Next we had ham sandwiches for lunch. 

After lunch we drove to a skatepark on the way home but unfortunately it started to rain the the ramps became slippy which he was upset about for a while. So we drove home instead and he watched a Wallace and Grommit film and had a rest. During the whole day he did little films of "a day in the life" and he started editing these after we got home as well. He had burgers, waffles and peas for tea before having his bath and bushing his teeth. Then he read more of George's Secret Key to the Universe before going to sleep.