Drove to TH on a rapidly improving day to be greeted by a gloriously calm Solent with 250 Brent Geese just offshore and at least 70 roosting Turnstones.
Light egg on toast and coffee sadly just made me feel nauseous.
The Ivy flowers attracted dozens of Eristalis but no obvious Ivy Bees.
Meadow Hide produced 10 mostly distant Buzzards, one with a strikingly white belly, a single c/c Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel, a male Stonechat and lots of single and mating Common Darters. Red Admirals were numerous plus one White spp. Beardies, Water Rails, Cettis and Kingfishers heard. At least 10 Siskin in amongst Goldfinches and half a dozen or more Lesser Redpolls overhead.
Brief chat with a half term family in Suffern Hide and more pinging Beardies.
From the road a dozen Bearded Tits were flying around, came close and gave cracking views; the 12x50s are perfect for this.
At MSH long chat with a volunteer as there were no birds due to a work party; north and south scrape had one Teal, one Shelduck and a few Oyks only!!
Two more male Stonechats were nearby.
A kerfuffle amongst the pigeons, crows and lapwings to the north was down to a Peregrine which slipped off westwards.
Finally, just as the volunteer left, three Beardies including two males landed in the reeds directly in front giving great views.
