Short-eared Owl on the reserve is a good record - in spring we average one about every 3 or 4 years. A trickle of standard mid-March migrants on site in very small numbers including new Chaffinchs, Blackies and singles of Dunnock & Great Tit. 10 Long-tailed Tits paid us a brief visit and a fine adult Med Gull is still with us. A pair of Robins are nest building under some old metal stairs behind the observatory. Although a reasonable number of Robins overwinter here we only usually have one breeding pair (two pairs occasionally and none at all in some years).
