April 7th

I had limited time this morning so I was out early. It had rained heavily overnight but the clouds had moved south and this morning was sunny but with an increasingly strong and blustery wind that made it difficult to stand on the seawall. Birds I managed to see included 3 Linnets, 2 Redshank, 17 Meadow Pipits mainly flying W, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Mallard, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Shelduck, 1 Cetti's Warblers, 5 Greylag Geese flying W, 2 Ringed Plovers, 1 Stonechat and 1 Egyptian Goose flying W (138th).