Thursday, 6th March: A misty, hazy start and not as chilly as the last few days, the sun breaking through to give a lovely early spring day, with blue skies, high wispy cloud and a fairly light SSE breeze 2-3.
Elmer Rocks: After the foggy white-out of yesterday it was a joy to be out in the sunshine, which felt pleasantly warm in sheltered spots. Species numbers recorded were low today, but it was all about Brent Geese this morning, with the first obvious migration underway and a proper easterly movement, albeit some were difficult to see at distance against the misty horizon. I logged a total of 264E, but doubtless missed some whilst looking around the patch.
Amongst one of the goose flocks moving were c.15 Pintail mixed in, but the glaring sun and background murkiness made an exact count - or photo - impossible. These apart, there was nothing else moving through that I could discern, but three Great Crested Grebes, two Red-breasted Mergansers and a Grey Seal were offshore behind the rock islands. The tide was well out and several small flocks of Turnstone and Sanderling were back and forth, but no count made today. The only passerines of any note were a Chiffchaff, a Song Thrush and a couple of Skylarks.
Tuesday, 4th March: Yet another cold and frosty start, followed by a lovely sunny day, with just a light SW breeze.
Barnham Brooks - Lidsey: A couple of hours spent this morning on the Brooks, concentrating mainly on the Lidsey side, where a flooded field still remains to draw in some wildfowl. There were 130 Teal, 12 Wigeon, 20 Pintail, a few Mallard, a courting pair of Mute Swans, a Little Egret and 16 Lapwings on or around the flood, whilst in the surrounding area were two Stonechats (a pair), a singing Reed Bunting, two Cetti's Warblers, two Chiffchaffs (one singing), 40 Goldfinch and two Kestrels. A couple of Mediterranean Gulls also flew over, giving their distinctive call.
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