March 2019 at Gramborough (1 Viewer)

firstreesjohn said:

After the dreariest and most uneventful winter imaginable (sometimes - many times - I couldn’t even be bothered to drag myself out for a visit), the first month of Spring began to see more varied activity.

31: 2♂♂ Wheatears.
30: Blackcap ♂, 2 Dunnocks.
28: Dunnock.
27: Dunnock.
26: Dunnock.
25: Dunnock, ♀ Stonechat.
24: Dunnock, 3♂♂ 1♀ Wheatears, ♀ Stonechat. [Other, highly experienced observer: Wren, Chiffchaff.]
23: 2 Dunnocks (1+ singing), 2♂♂ Wheatears, 2♀♀ Reed Buntings [Greenfinch - other observer].
22: 2♂♂ Wheatears.
21: 3 Chiffchaffs (1 singing - a HOOGE vernal fall), ♂ Stonechat.
20: [4 Wheatears - from RBA.]
19: ♀ Stonechat, Red Kite.
18: Grey Wagtail ↑.
17: Robin.
14: 1st Robin of the year.
9: 1st Dunnock of the year.
6: Peregrine, then ↑E.

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MJB said:

I appreciate your effort!

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firstreesjohn said:

Thanks.

Someone has to put in the hours, Mike: making that long trek east, over the shingle, dissolving knee cartilage; braving hordes of savage, wild dogs; avoiding being speared by the dangerous vegetation; remembering not to step too close to the cliff overhang; attempting not to be borne out to sea by a rogue wave. These are all the hazards of this perilous location.

Then, becoming inexpressibly despondent when the sole result of my endeavours is a Meadow Pipit.

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