Benacre

Spring is really struggling, like cold and North Easterly and visibility low.

Reason out at Ben was simply to strike the Whit Tailed Sea Eagle.... No joy mind you not to bad a single COMMON SCOTER female was drifting and diving amongst the gulls. As where GREAT CRESTED GREBE 4 birds a small flock of TUFTED DUCK and only 2 WIGEON. around 15 LITTLE GREBE. The scattering of feral GREY LAG and a pair of MARSH HARRIER and a single COMMON BUZZARD. I also struck with a GREAT BITTERN flying over the reed bed and diving in. A KINGFISHER flew through my field of vision when on the scope, but no chance to follow. At sea the usual RED-THROATED-DIVER all heading North. CHAFFINCH,HAEDGE SPARROW and an obliging WINTER WREN. PIED WAGTAIL flying but only had one in view a Yarnelli. ROBIN and a close view of a Melanistic PHEASANT.
Cove Bottom:  On arrival a fly over of 6 REDWING really late to still have these about. The female MARSH was sitting on her usual stump and the male was hunting over the back of the reed bed. A GREAT SPOTTED WOOD was making himself heard.