Sanderling
A pretty nice day with light NW winds and plenty of warm sunshine (the wind still had a chilly kick to it though); there were a few birds overhead through the morning highlighted by a Red Kite which eventually drifted off over the port. Also of note were an influx of corvids with 29 Carrion Crows, 4 Rooks and 3 Jackdaws, a Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinches, a Grey Wagtail, a Rock Pipit and a Skylark.
Birds in the bushes included a few new Blackbirds, an increase to 29 Linnets, 4 Redwings, 4 Robins and best of all a Jack Snipe flushed from the beach - only the 10th spring record. The sea was quiet with a massive reduction in Cormorants (only 270) - have they headed back to the continent en masse, 3 Common Scoter, 3 Herons north in the evening, a Mediterranean Gull and 10 Shelduck - also heading north in the evening with seven displaying on the point in the morning.
March Moth - The first moths since 20th February were trapped overnight. March Moth is an early season flying species in which the female is wingless, so we have only ever seen the males here