A quiet morning that warmed up nicely as the hours passed. Not a huge amount about but definite signs of spring, a couple of willow warblers were singing lustily around the observatory as were a couple of blackcaps, a few lesser whitethroats and the almost ubiquitous Cetti's warblers and black redstart. A reed warbler sang for a few minutes in the compound and a sedge warbler was singing intermittently up by the Butt's pond. Some individuals of species were clearly moving through, a male greenfinch on the hunt for a mate, single rook, jackdaw and buzzards flew south and a house martin moved north. With the sunny conditions a few butterflies were out, green-veined white, small white and brimstone.
Birds Ringed: Blackbird 1, Blackcap 3, Chiffchaff 1, Goldfinch 1, Reed Warbler 1, Willow Warbler 2.