SCP March 20th: easterlies (due east, slight se), bright, milder. Sea watch 06:30-10:30 with Steve S & George H: productive session with decent totals and variety (east): C. Scoter
827, DB Brent
230, Shoveler 61, Shelduck 3, Pintail 7,
Avocet 1,
Little Gull 19, Sarnies 18, Arctic Skua,
Mute Swan (west/unusual at SCP), Cormorant 5 (in off), and some waders (curlew, grey plover) etc. An early, and first of the season,
Swallow in off. Lepidoptera: a
Brimstone on the wing near Knowles Farm.
Luccombe Down March 21st: overcast, ESE. Brief visit/7am: Black Redstart (fem type, calling), and c40 Starlings east.
Wheatear (male) and a Yellow Wagtail sp (heard only) over on March 25th (foggy morning/conditions then clear); latter could well have been Blue-headed given the south coast influx including two at Brading Marsh on 24th.
Blackcap - Nansen Hill - March 23rd
WT Eagle (mobbed by Herring Gulls) - Haddon's Pits
Green Tiger Beetle - Luccombe Down - March 31st
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