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Wednesday 4th April 2018


A Common Tern north, one south & one north over a period of three hours is either one or three birds and beats our earliest ever spring arrival date for this species by four days. A Blackcap was also the first of the spring. Also on site 40 Starling, 3 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Jackdaw & Rock Pipit but little else. On the move southbound 5 Oyks, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Brent, 2 Barnacles, Red-throated Diver & Curlew with northbound 15 Red-throats, 2 Common Scoter & Fulmar.

6 birds ringed: 2 Firecrest, 1 Blackcap, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Robin.