We all seemed to be on tenderhooks for March to arrive and yet when it did there are actually very few changes. This is the first blog for three weeks as there has been nothing to blog about except a couple of changes this week.
The pits have had plenty of visits by a number of the team yet the sightings have been limited. Here are the best of the sightings (date in brackets when first seen)
Little Ringed Plover (17/3), 1 Kittiwake (17/3), Ring-necked Parakeet FIRST SITE RECORD (16/3), 2 Brambling, 7 Little Grebe, 20 Cormorant, 7 Mute Swan, 16 Canada Goose, 5 Greylag, 1 Shelduck (not settled), 8 Gadwall, 9 Teal, 180 Mallard, 16 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 95 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander, 2 Red Kite, 2 Sparrowhark, 1 Peregrine, 2 Green & GS Woodpecker, 4 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 40 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Cettis Warbler, 2 Raven, 20 LBB Gull, 5 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (19/3), 1 Barn Owl, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sand Martin (11/3) still plenty of Chaffinch & Linnet but the Fieldfare & Redwing flocks have reduced to just a handful.
Hopefully the migration tap will be turned on very soon and we will get the migrants floodng through. The year list now stands at 89 for year.
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