Sunday March 6

Cloudy with a light northerly breeze. Cold. Spring may be just around the corner, but it doesn't feel that way yet.

Dave and I walked around without finding too much of interest. Several of the fields have been ploughed since my last visit, and other than the fields with planted trees, only the main Redpoll field remains unchanged. Unfortunately, it contained only about 60 Lesser Redpolls and a dozen Linnets today.

The most interesting discovery was a Cormorant which hopped out of the narrow Kingfisher Pool and landed on the ground, they are normally in trees or flying over, and we had never seen one in that pool before.

Cormorant of the Atlantic race Carbo

A sizeable flock of birds appeared distantly over Bannams Wood, they were a mixed flock of about 200 winter Thrushes and Starlings.

The flash field contained 41 Teal, three Green Sandpipers, and a Redshank.

We need some milder weather to get things started.