28th Feb - cloudy am, sunny interval om, 9C, light/mod NW-W. About 18mm rain last night - field and brooks in flood again.

Willey; Red Kite over 0900h

Lilbourne Meadows; morning.

Pretty quiet, few Ducks on the flood pools.

Stanford -on- Avon

34 White-fronted Geese in the fields again.

Shawell Sandpit/landfill. Late afternoon.

52 Teal, only 2 Little Grebes currently, also Coot down to 52 - so obvious signs of birds having left for their breeding locations.

c6 Red Kites and Ravens respectively. 20 Lapwings.  Two Mutes Swans now in.

A Green Woodpecker.

27th Feb - showers/drizzle am, broken cloud & sunny intervals pm, 11C, light SW

Wibtoft - green lane; morning.

I found there was a Chaffinch flock (c50) on the drilled stubble with c20 Yellowhammers and 2 Reed Buntings.. We have to explore the flock more if present tomorrow.

Stanford-on-Avon; afternoon.

Checked for White-fronted Geese again, 33 could be seen on the grassland.

Two Green Woodpeckers together on the pasture.

Lilbourne Meadows; afternoon

A check here again, nothing new in.  Still at least 300 Wigeon.

Shawell Sandpit/landfill

Plenty of usual Gulls over the landfill and main pit.  15+ Red Kites and several Ravens.

An Oystercatcher fly-in.

26th Feb - cloudy, mod-gusty SW, 12C, spots rain pm, light rain evening

Stanford-on-Avon, morning

24 White-fronted Geese this morning in the usual field of late.

Small mixed flock Siskin and Goldfinch feeding in lane tree tops.

Lilbourne Meadows.

Just checked the field flood pools, nothing new.

A small number of Redwing and Fieldfares feeding on the pasture.

Goldcrest again in ivy hedge by entrance.

25th Feb - sunny spells, light/mod SW, 14C

Stanford Hall & Monument Field; late morning

In the hall park there was two White-fronted Geese with the Canada/Greylags geese and in the monument field area the main flock of 32 was present.

Lilbourne Meadows

I found a Goldcrest where the Firecrest was reported yesterday, another 'crest' was present but vanished before I could see it properly.

Plenty of Goldfinch and Chaffinch singing, territory behavior.

24th Feb - sunny spells forming pm, mod SSW, 14C

Lilbourne Meadows; mid-day.

After a report of a Firecrest I popped down to see if I could find it, I didn't find it, nor did the 'merlin' app hear it  Hopefully another day.

Very similar to last visit, except now two Oystercatchers are back - great.

23rd Feb - cloudy increasing during the day, light rain late afternoon. mod-fresh SW, 12C

Stanford-on-Avon; afternoon.

A check of the Monument field produced 29 Russian White-fronted Geese were present around the flood pools, looking very settled.  I wonder how long they will stay?

Lilbourne Meadows.

I checked the field flood pools area, good numbers of wildfowl and a Curlew.

22nd Feb - Sunny intervals, mod-fresh SW, 13C

We are in for a few very mild days, even today more insects about, including a Ladybird, look out for a Butterfly.

Willey; a Mistle Thrush flew in to a tree opposite the allotments, and I did hear one singing last Wednesday not too far from here.

Soar Brook lake; morning

WeBs count day. Nice to see an Oystercatcher back, hope a mate returns soon. Low waterbird numbers seen

Mere Lane Lake;; morning

WeBS count visit here, Little Grebes, four seen, and 'trilling', a few other usual waterbirds.

Red Kite over.

Stanford Hall area; morning.

WeBs count here.  Main sightings were 20 Russian White-fronted Geese with the Greylags/Canada Geese in the monument field.  At the Heronry island there were 6 Grey Herons and 4 Little Egrets.