Well it's the start of a new month and we still have three possibly four Hawfinch present, good to see Ian Mumford and Andy Firth from the flashes down this morning getting very good views of our Hawfinch . And along with Mark , Andy , Ian and myself we managed eight Brambling , three Sparrowhawk , a single flyover Linnet , four Sand Martin then two more later on , Nuthatch , female Reed Bunting , Lapwing , three singing Chiffchaff , two Lesser Redpoll , Little Grebe , two Goldcrest and Buzzard. We finished March with a very respectful 81 species which is our highest monthly total ever . It is largely due to the scarce birds that were present during the month and the amount of visiting birders to see them , cheers everyone for making it a memorable month. The cold weather systems at present are holding a lot of our migrants back not just here in Cheshire but throughout the UK and further afield . After the next weather system tomorrow passes through things should start to change with the gates opening and hopefully migrants flooding in. Highlights below from March.
March 1st Snipe ,
March 2nd / 4th Smew ,
March 3rd Short eared Owl ,
March 3rd / 5th Dunlin , (2).
March 10th Curlew (3).
March 18th Golden Plover (43).
March 19 th Curlew (6).
March 17th Stonechat ,
March 17th / 25th Scaup ,(5).
Plus Hawfinch (8) and Brambling (12) all month.
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