A beautiful early morning as I got up turned to a day of some sunshine and showers, some of them quite nasty. As I left a flock of around 20 Fieldfares flew over the road but the drive across the marsh was quiet with a few birds at the feeders but not much else. Searching the shingle between the road and the sea we found at least 6 Skylarks and 8 Wheatears flitting around. We visited the RSPB reserve where there was little of interest apart from 4 Sand Martins which were my first for the year, although a pair of grebes were displaying.
The daffodils and Muscari around the obs are really lovely this year and on Monday attracted at least 15 Small Tortoiseshell butterflies.
The water levels in the moat are retreating so hopefully it will be useable for the spring migration.
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