March 18th

A excellent early start this morning after overnight snow and freezing temperatures myself and Mark met up at 6-30 this morning . To find the five Scaup from yesterday still present . Jack joined us around 7-30 and between us we managed to get our first record of Golden Plover on the list with a flock of 32 over followed by another eleven. We had five Hawfinch , 4 male Brambling three of which were on Stubbs feeding table , then to our amazement we had two Hawfinch near the feeders. Full list for two hours this morning as follows. Two Goosander , five Lapwing , Grey Wagtail , Cormorant , 28 Meadow Pipits , Mistle Thrush , 11 Fieldfare , 50+ Redwing , seven Skylark , five Lesser Redpoll , Siskin , seven Bullfinch , Treecreeper , 1000+ Starlings in one flock , Goldcrest , Greenfinch , Sparrowhawk , five Canada Geese and Grey Heron........Scaup still present late afternoon also Kestrel and two Brambling. (MS).

The five Lapwings from early this morning a scarce bird here even more so to get them on the ground.