24th March

A lovely, sunny, calm, warm(er) day but there was still very little in the way of spring in evidence with a trickle of Gulls still heading north first thing with Great Black-backs the most obvious; a few passerines were also going north including a few Siskins, a Grey Wagtail, some Rock Pipits and a couple of Chaffinches, Yellowhammers and Skylarks.   A walk round in the afternoon produced a few new bits with the first Golden Plover of the spring with a much increased 89 Lapwings, a Little Grebe in Verevågen, 3 Rooks, another Grey Wagtail, 6 Herons, a Mistle Thrush and at least 6 Pied Wagtails.

A migrant Yellowhammer stopping off at the lighthouse before continuing north

Crested Tit

An unfortunately backlit Great-northern Diver

Goldeneye on my now daily check of Borhaug Harbour