Thurs 19th Mar 26

A good day today, great to see butterflies on the wing searching out the new blossom, double figures of Peacocks and a Small Tortoiseshell this morning. On the bird front Raven was new for the year and Kittiwake are not often seen on the scrape, Firecrest and Goldcrest at the sewage works gate and 5+ Buzzard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel overhead can't be bad. Other numbers from the hide much the same as of late. PL/RJ/MO'H/SE/MR et.al.

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Reports from today

Richard Jeffree

10:23 Adult Kittiwake scrape

10:57 2 Raven flew east over scrape Kittiwake still asleep.

Mike O'Hanlon

12:00 Kittiwake has now flown off eastwards over the sewer works

12:51 4 Purple Sandpipers on rocks north of French Pt.

Pete Loud

13:55 Firecrest and Goldcrest, in bushes to the right of sewage works gate.

Steve Entwistle

14:10 4 Purple Sandpipers still on rocks