Overcast first thing with the WSW wind much lighter than of late, it felt far more spring-like than of late too due to the nice spread of early migrants and the sun coming out late morning turning the day warm and very pleasant indeed; birds through the morning included a very smart adult male Black Redstart out on the point (it was constantly giving little snatches of sub-song when I went out to get closer to it at lunchtime – a brilliant bird!), 2 Blackcaps, 2 Chaffinches, 8 Chiffchaffs, a Firecrest (yesterday’s re-trap), 2 Goldcrests, 2 Grey Wagtails south, a few Meadow Pipits coming in off, a Marsh Harrier south, low over the sea, 3 Robins, a good arrival of 12+ Wheatears and a Yellowhammer south.
Also of note were single Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin and Curlew offshore, a few Brents and Red-throated Divers and an increased 12 Shelduck displaying and chasing each other out front at first light.
A little walk along the river from Levington Marina to Loompit Lake was nice but with not too much to mention with a Goldeneye, 17 Pochard, an adult Mediterranean Gull and my first Brimstone of the year of note.
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