Continuing signs of spring migration with 65 Jackdaw, seven Skylark, six Lesser Black-backed Gull and two Grey Wagtail overhead and four Mediterranean Gull in the estuary.
Also in the estuary counts from the neap high tide included 197 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 57 Turnstone, 24 Teal, 12 Ringed Plover, nine Red-breasted Merganser, six Greenshank and a Great Northern Diver.
Elsewhere 49 Great Crested Grebe, 34 Red-throated and two Great Northern Diver, two Fulmar, two Eider and a Common Scoter were offshore, a pair of Shoveler were on the Main Pond and two Goldcrest, Chiffchaff and a Firecrest were in the Entrance Bushes.
Other Wildlife: The first sunny day after a period of warmer weather saw a notable emergence of insects with the year's first two butterflies, a Comma and a Peacock on the wing. Good numbers of flies were visiting the flowering Alexanders including four species of hoverfly including several Glass-winged Syrphus S. vitripennis.
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| Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax - Kevin Rylands |
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| Glass-winged Syrphus S. vitripennis - Kevin Rylands |
Developing Frog spawn was found in flooded areas in Greenland Lake, with Scarlet Elfcup having a good year around the Entrance Bushes.
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| Scarlet Elfcup - Kevin Rylands |
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