20th March - cloudy am, sunny pm, 15C, liught SW breeze

Willey; this morning to the west (Perkins area) a Coal Tit was singing in the Long Spinney and a Yellowhammer singing nearby in the field.
In the evening 17 Magpies were in the Paddocks behind the village farms.

Stanford reservoir; another afternoon look here from the dam end and Blowers bay.  Still no Sand Martins seen here although numbers are reported from several locations.
The 2 Pink-footed Geese were on the reservoir with the Grey Lags and a Great white Egret was sitting on a tree branch water-side.
A Chiffchaff was singing, there is several around now.  A pair of Bullfinches were heard in the scrub, including the males weak song.  A pair of Grey Wagtail were on the dam.

A Peacock butterfly was out in the sunshine.