Saturday 29th February 2020

Heavy rain all morning, gale with occasional hail between glorious sunshine in the afternoon. Coverage not good due to the weather but gobsmacked to have the first Chiffchaff of the year putting in an appearance which was most unexpected considering the inclement weather conditions. Reed Bunting only other migrant. 2 Snow Bunting & a Purp still with us.

Librarian Required

Landguard Bird Observatory require a Librarian. If you are interested in books, journals & files and are interested in this voluntary position please e-mail landguardbo@yahoo.co.uk for a job description.

AGM Reminder

This years AGM is on Tuesday 3rd March. All members should have received an agenda plus a copy of last years minutes. If not please check your e-mails & if not please e-mail landguardbo@yahoo.co.uk 

Friday 28th February 2020

5 Stonechat feeding in a loose group on the Butts continues the excellent spring passage so far for this species. On the point 3 Rock Pipit plus the 2 Snow Bunting nearby. 3 Barnacle Geese went north but the wind has picked up and its been raining (again) for the last hour that's your lot. Abandon ship !

Thursday 27th February 2020

This morning started almost flat calm - hooray ! Unfortunately it rained all morning and was cold enough for snow for a while - boo ! This afternoon it cleared and we had fine sunshine - hooray ! Unfortunately it was blowing a bitterly cold north-westerly gale - boo ! Coverage poor, although a quick  "Billy Whizz" around the point at high tide late afternoon produced a roosting Purp.

Wednesday 26th February 2020

4 Stonechat, 3 Rock Pipit & Reed bunting, all classic early season migrants. Purp on the point plus an increase of Linnets to 28 are the only other offerings.

Ringing: 1 Stonechat.

Tuesday 25th February 2020

303 Cormorant went out fishing. 4 Mipit headed south. Spent the morning getting the nets put up ready for the spring so no coverage on the reserve so if anyone saw anything out there please let us know on landguardbo@yahoo.co.uk