A rainy start so I couldn't get on to site till most of the morning had gone by....hunting for the first migrant has begun....waiting for the magic of the chiff and the chaff....
Skylark were singing both north and south.....half a dozen Yellowhammers were happy on the south side of North Field...
Yellowhammer
The Barn Owl was hunting successfully in North Field and was heading south with a large prey item, clearly feeding the female at the nest site though they probably haven't got eggs just yet I would guess....later I found him sitting at the east end of Long Strait....
Barn Owl
Sorry....not the best picture....
Redwing and Fieldfare were around most of the time I was on site...too-ing and throwing north and south....
Most of the duck action was on Middle Pit....a few birds still on Island Pit though....
Shoveler
74 Shoveler were around the site.....the 2 female Goldeneye were also on Middle Pit with 2 Smew. The gull collection had many Black-headed Gullls, 2 Common Gulls and 1 Herring Gull. A Water Rail squealed from the north side.
A female Pochard was doing its best to hide with the Shoveler and has been doing this for a week....2 more were on West Pit.
2 Little Egrets were around the site and again the very vocal Grey Herons. 2 Buzzards were circling around the east end occasionally calling.
The Kestrel was also quite vocal again....and being harassed by a Crow. A total of 18 Teal remain on the pits, though scattered across all of them.
Male Goldeneye
Back along Long Strait....
Great Spotted Woodpecker
....a Great Spotted Woodpecker posed at the top of one of the trees.....there were also plenty of Green Woodpeckers around.
Walking back along North Field a Meadow Pipit called then briefly sang.
.....and last....the snow is still present where it drifted....this is the footpath on the east side of the site...in other places its all gone and incredibly wet underfoot.
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