9th March

Despite conditions remaining more or less the same sea interest dwindled right away today, with little more than a measly 5 Red-throated Divers through off the Bill. Numbers weren't a lot better on the land although quality was higher, with a Red Kite overhead at the Bill, single White Wagtails new in at Barleycrates Lane and Blacknor, a Redwing also at Barleycrates and a new Black Redstart at Southwell; Chiffchaffs were only very thinly spread and overhead Meadow Pipits arrived in/off at no more than a tiny trickle.

The Red Kite at the Bill © Martin Cade: