Despite the best efforts of the rain/ sleet/ snow/ devilish sky muck, I had a pretty good weekend of birding. Highlights (along with meeting the very amiable Richard Doan on Saturday) were:-
Saturday 9th March
Gibraltar Point
Treecreeper x 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker x 1 Sparrowhawk x 1 Sanderling x 72 Turnstone x 34 Bar-tailed Godwit x 7 Ringed Plover x 1
Cut End
Brent Goose x 130+ Dunlin x 200+ Turnstone x 23 Grey Plover x 13
Sunday 10th March
Westgate Wood
Redwing x 1 Siskin x 14 Long-tailed Tit x 6
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier x 1 (f) Kingfisher x 1 (f) Avocet x 28 Ringed Plover x 2
Wyberton Churchyard
Common Buzzard x 1 Green Woodpecker x 1 Mistle Thrush x 2 Redshank x 4
_________________ "Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue."
Patch YTD: 155
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