Cold and wet, S 5 - A miserable day for the monthly WeBS and harrier counts with a biting wind swirling around from the north. At Lade there was not much change to the wildfowl with six Goldeneyes the highlight and an increase in Great Crested Grebes to 12 as pairs move back in for the forthcoming breeding season. This afternoon I ventured out on Walland with Chris where 21 Marsh Harriers (11 of which were males) came to roost at Cheyne Court. There was little else of note due to the grim weather conditions other than a Peregrine, a Kestrel, c10 calling Water Rails and several Cetti`s Warblers.
On Friday, in much fairer weather, a singing Chiffchaff at Lade was my first of the year, while yesterday at least eight Snipe were disturbed from farmland cover along the New Cutt, plus several singing Skylarks, 20 Fieldfares and four Yellowhammers along Hope Lane.
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