Sunday 27 March - MJP Diary Notes

went out and about in Beds this afternoon..... highlights as follows, 64 species seen or heard: Cardington Business Park: Mistle Thrush Priory C Pk: lots of dogs, children and their owners but little of note birdywise ~ no hirundines and no Willow Warbler Octogan Farm: no Pipits, no waders other than Lapwing, 1 Sand Martin north-east, pair Teal, Chiffchaff singing, 1 Buzzard, 2 Red-legged Partridges Meadow Lane: pair Oyks, several Wigeon, a few Lapwings, A603 Cardington to Cople: 1 Kestrel Cardington: 1 Peregrine Raptor Triangle: no Little Owls, no Red Kites, 5 Buzzards Quest ClP: 236 Lesser Black-backs, c25 Herring Gulls, 13 Gt Black-backs, 3 Common Gulls, only 2 B H Gulls, 11+ Dabchicks,1 Redshank, 40 Lapwings, 2 pair Teal Rookery South ClP: 5 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Ruff, 5 Dunlin, 2 pair Ringed Plovers, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Snipe, 13 Redshanks, a few Lapwings, pair of Shoveler, pair of Pintail, several Teal, 12 Mute Swans, 2m 1f Wigeon, 4 drake and 2 female Red Crested Pochards Marston Vale M Pk (entrance track only): 7 Wigeon amongst usual wildfowl Marston STW: 2 Pied Wagtails, no hirundines MJP