A couple of visits to the patch today still did not produce the hoped for migrants, although with at least 10 Firecrest in the area and good numbers of Meadow Pipit in the fields, birds are certainly on the move.

Great-crested Grebe - 3
Red-breasted Merganser - 5
Brent Geese - 44e 7w
Mediterranean Gull - 5
Diver spa - 1e
Common Scoter - 1e
Gannet - 1w
Lapwing - 1w
Oystercatcher - 17w
Sanderling - 16w
Turnstone - c.60
Grey Heron - 1
Grey Partridge - 2
Chiffchaff - 4
Firecrest - 10
Meadow Pipit - c.120
Linnet - 10
Reed Bunting - 2

Several Firecrest in Longwood

A late visit around the Farm produced my first Swallows of the year.

Swallow - 6

Chiffchaff - 3

Bullfinch - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Reed Bunting - 2

Siskin - 4

Redwing - 16

Great-crested Grebe - 2

Little Grebe - 1

Shoveler - 1

Tufted Duck - 1

Buzzard - 1