It's December, it's cold and wildlife sightings have started to dry up a bit. So, it must be time for a roundup of the year's best bits. We can't just leave it at that though, as in the past few weeks there have been a whole load of new records coming in from previous years of some pretty stunning birds which were all out there without any of us realising it – apart from two lucky people that is. I will get round to that in due course but we really need to start with a round-up of the year's weather, as this sets the context for so much of what...