Yet another cold and windy day, with light rain showers in between. Still very little signs of spring, when will this warm weather arrive?
Early this morning, 2 Woodcock put in an appearance but weren't seen again. This might be a sign of more to come, looking at the upcoming weather forecast - a cold weather front next week.
Offshore, 3 Common Scoter, 2 Red-throated Diver, 3 Oystercatcher, 4 Shelduck, 12 Brent Geese, 21 Cormorant, 45 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull and 2 Ringed Plover were the best of the rest.
At the observatory, 5 Redwing, 7 Carrion Crow, 1 Jackdaw, 6 Pied Wagtail, 31 Starling, 4 Magpie, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer, 3 Grey Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch and 3 Song Thrush.
A Firecrest was heard briefly on-site and 3 Black Redstart are still with us, mainly favouring their time out on the nature reserve.
Interestingly, during the litter pick this morning, a decent sized piece of amber was picked up.
Ringing: 3 Blackbird, 2 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail and 1 Chaffinch.