A lovely day with light winds and plenty of sunshine (still a chill in the air though); there were a few birds through the morning including 1,250 Cormorants offshore, a Fieldfare, a Fulmar, 5 Goldfinches, 3 Greenfinches, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 4 Meadow Pipits, 2 Redwings, 3 Robin, a Rook, a Siskin and 2 Sparrowhawks – including one which came in off the sea.
Walked down to Trimley Marshes in the afternoon where things hadn’t really changed too much since my last visit with the flock of geese containing 33 White-fronted Geese, the Tundra Bean Goose, 2 Pink-footed Geese and 7 Barnacle Geese still present, a Great White Egret, 2 Little Egrets, 4 Marsh Harriers, 27 Avocets, loads of ducks still, a few waders roosting at high tide, a Cetti’s Warbler and the only hint of spring – a Chiffchaff.
The only slightly interesting thing was a Kestrel flushed off a half-eaten Black-headed Gull; I can’t see a Kestrel catching it but I haven’t seen one eating carrion before…
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