Been pretty busy this week with work (including a big quote for the London Wildlife Trust at Hutchinson's Bank and Matt came over on Wednesday and we got a lot of the patio work done) but managed to get out in the field briefly a couple of times. Had a look at Dell Quay on Thursday on a Jack Snipe search but unfortunately no Jacks but did see the male Goldeneye that's been around.
Did a bit of garden birding yesterday morning, the main change round here is Song Thrushes are now singing after being absent for a lot of the winter. Other birds like Robin, Dunnock, Blackbird and Woodpigeon were also singing- the first hint of a spring dawn chorus this year. There were about 400 Golden Plover flying around and 350 Lapwings went over too - presumably birds moving between Chichester and Pagham Harbour.
Today Lee and Rachel visited and we had an afternoon walk to Church Norton where we found the male Long-tailed Duck that has been wintering off shore. What with Goldeneye and Long-tailed Duck, I'm now on 111 for the Selsey Peninsula for the year.
A few moths have been attracted to the garden office window in the first hours of darkness after which the temperature has been dropping fast. I tried the moth trap yesterday night but drew a blank.
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