A lovely spring morning on the patch with signs of Spring certaintly in full flow with 2 Red Kite drifting over the Marina at 07:40, good numbers of both Wheatear, Chiffchaff and 3 Firecrest in the area.(RP,ES)

Red Kite - 2 
Buzzard - 1
Sparrowhawk - 1
Kestrel - 1
Grey Heron - 4 nesting
Little Egret - 1
Sanderling - 8
Med Gull - 5
Red breasted Merganser- 7
Great crested Grebe - 1
Common Sandpiper - 1
Turnstone - 5
GSWP - 1
Stonechat - 2
Wheatear - 15
Meadow  Pipit - 25
Skylark -10
Goldcrest - 1
Firecrest - 3
Chiffchaffs - 16
Blackcap - 4
Cetti's Warbler - 1

A late afternoon visit to the patch and with the sun still shinning, produced  a Little Ringed Plover in the fields east of the paddock from bread lane.

Little Ringed Plover - 1
Firecrest - 1 kents cottages
Chiffchaff - 5
Wheatear - 5 south from ferry rd
Song Thrush - 5
Pied Wagtail - 8
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Med Gull - 10
Common Gull - 5
Red-breasted Merganser -  3w 2 os
Great-crested Grebe - 1 os
Grey Heron - 1
Buzzard - 2