08.30-09.30 at The Point with the fog horn going and poor visibility. Still some Auks, Great Crested Grebes and plenty of Cormorants in shore. The highlight being 1 Fulmar and a flock of 105 Red Throated Divers chased out of Lade Bay by the Range Safety Boat. 24 Smew still on New Diggings (3 Drakes) from the causeway.
On the ARC 200+Golden Plover, 1 Black Tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin also 2 Ruff and 2 Ringed Plovers were the first of the year on the pit for me. 2 red head Smew, 15+ Goldeneye, 3+Marsh Harriers and a Peregrine raced through causing mayhem just as Bittern flew into the reed bed beside Hanson Hide. In the Willow Trail 2 butterfly's a Red Admiral and Small Tortoiseshell.
Another Bittern around the Tower Pits and from the Screen Hide a Little Egret catching tiddlers.
By the time I reached the reserve the sun was out. Dunnocks and Reed Buntings were singing, Herring Gulls were nest building as were 2 Ravens flying back and forth with nesting material. 4 Marsh Harriers were displaying around Hookers and a Bittern flew over to Christmas Dell, 4 Stonechats around the tracks , a Great White Egret at Boulderwall Farm and 25+ Tree Sparrows around the feeders.
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