At the festive time of year I send my best wishes for an enjoyable Christmas and a fine New Year to all readers, if any remain after such a long pause in publication. A New Year's resolution (not a hard one) will be to post more regularly, and hopefully to find interesting things to write about before doing so.
Having discovered a civilised way of spending part of December, in Tenerife, I should at least get off to a good start. The robin above is, as sharp-eyes birders will have noticed, the Tenerife sub-species E.r.superbus, while the santa below is sub-species S.c. riduculus.
Have a good time and see you in the New Year!