A much warmer southerly wind made it a pleasant, but hazy, morning for the first long Vis. Mig. watch of the year. (08.15 - 12.10hrs) See trektellen.org Great Britain for national Visible Migration Records. A steady movement of migrants all morning made it feel as if Spring has begun, and not before time!
The Spring record for Meadow Pipit movement was smashed with 176 flying NW, including a flock of C70. At 08.50hrs 3 Curlew flew SE and 1 went north. A Buzzard flapped NE at 09.20hrs, and a Sparrowhawk went NE. 7 Goosander flew north at 09.45 + 6 present. The first Little Ringed Plover of the year went south at 10.10hrs. 229 Redwing went over. This is an unprecedented number for this time of year. The first Sand Martin of the year topped off the watch at 12.07hrs. (29 days later than last year.)
Also here: Female Long-tailed Duck, Redshank 1, Siskin 3, Green Woodpecker 1, Chiffchaff 3, 3rd W Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 adults, Shoveler 1 male.
As expected, the improvement in weather conditions meant that wildfowl numbers dropped dramatically overnight. All Pochard have gone. Wigeon down to 80 from 226, Teal down to 9 (2 ACP + 3 WRes + 4ORF) from 29.
Also flying: The first Peacock butterflies 3, and also 5 Orange Underwing moths.
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