1st April - sunny periods, 17C, light SW

Early morning a Raven was feeding on a dead lamb in a field to the west of the village.  4 Fieldfare were in the Church lane Blackthorn hedge at 1400h.  The Blackthorn looks splendid now in full flower.

A quick look at the pools field at Cotesbach did not produce too much, a Green Woodpecker was calling loudly, a Mallard pair was on one pool and only 4 Pied Wagtails remained, compared to the 60 or so recently.

After lunch I made a visit to the Cotesbach landfill area, Carl was there so we search through the Gulls.  After a short while I spotted a Iceland gull sitting among the other Gulls, I took some distant record photos, which have been cropped shown here, you can clearly make out the Iceland Gull.

A Red Kite flew over, as did Buzzards which are regular here.

In the evening I popped to Stanford reservoir, it was a little quite this evening, but the usual duck species including the Shelduck pair and Long-tailed Duck still.

On the way back i went past the old tree that is favoured by Little Owl, and sure enough one was sitting on the top and could be seen in silhouette.