7th March - dull, low cloud early, slowly lifting, a few sunny spells late afternoon, light E, 10C

Willey;

Lambing in full swing now.

Mistle Thrush singing well still in BH wood area.  Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming too.

A Buzzard over mid- morning.

6th March - dull/low cloudy first thing, lifting, patchy cloud pm, light ESE, 10C

Willey; a Red Kite over fields behind village pons, 1450h.

5th March - Sunny spells, light NE, 11C

Stanford-on-Avon; late afternoon- monument fields and lakeside (Northants)

Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Great White and Little Egret.

Plenty of Greylags and Canada Geese present.

Two Song Thrush, one singing.

Stanford reservoir;

The Gull roost is much smaller now.  Only a handful of larger Gulls.  About 80% Common Gulls, the rest Black-Headed.  

A Buzzard was around the dam area.

4th March - Frost -2C last night. Sunny am, cloudier pm, 9C, light SE

Busy.

But, the Mistle Thrush was singing just about all morning near the BH wood.

3rd March - Frost -2C last night. sunny am, patchy cloud pm, light W, 9C

No rain today - yet!! (2100h)

Lilbourne Meadows; afternoon.

c300 Wigeon, c15 Shoveler, c20 Gadwall, c 50 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, a Little Egret.

c250 Golden Plover circling very high, gaining height and lost from view.

Four noisy Carrion Crows in an Oak tree draw my attention, in the tree a Raven.  It was pulling off dead/rotten bark from branches.  It eventually flew off east towards the wind turbines with a beak full.

A Mink was seen along the Clifton brook (BCN WT informed).

DIRFT;

An Oystercatcher, 37 Lapwings, a few Wigeon and Teal.

Stanford-on-Avon.

The Cattle egret was present in the monument field area again, among the Sheep.

2nd March - cloudy, light-mod SE/S, 6C, light rain/showers pm

Willey; 

Nice to see a Yellowhammer (m) and 3 Chaffinches at my feed station this morning.

A Collared Dove pair are busy building in the garden pyracanth bush.

Misterton; morning.

Nuthatch calling, 2 Goldcrests busy feeding in Ivy.  Red Kite over.

Shawell Sandpit/landfill; afternoon.

10 Red Kites, 20 Ravens, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers.

Only a few Gulls, including this colour ringed GBBG.

Stanford Hall;

c40 Wigeon, Great White Egret lakeside.

Stanford on Avon, monument fields

Cattle Egret still present.

Also, c25 Siskin and 12 Goldfinch feeding lane and lake side trees.  Green Woodpecker

Stanford reservoir;

Rather quiet, only looked from dam end.  Drake Goosander, 43 Wigeon, 2 Goldeneye, 3 Grey Herons, 6 Red-legged Partridges.

Pink-footed Goose with Greylags grazing on pasture near outflow river.

1st March - Rain most of morning, then showers, light-breezy at times SE/SW, 7C

WIlley;

Despite the miserable weather a Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming from an Ash tree in the back field.

Stanford on Avon; afternoon.

The Cattle Egret was again feeding on the monument fields flood pools.

A Little Egret was lake side (Leics), whilst 8 Grey Herons were present, most on the island (Northants).

c25 Siskin were in the trees feeding, with a few Goldfinch too.