March 27th (Holborough marsh)

Another warm and sunny day 8:am-10:am.

Four Shelduck (4) Great Black-backed Gulls and (2) Oystercatchers were of note along the river.

In the scrape area (Southern Field) I saw (6) Lapwing (2) Gadwall (6) Mallard (2) Greylag (2) Snipe (1) Little Egret and (1) Curlew.I heard totals of (4) Cetti`s Warblers and (3) Water Rails and added LINNET (3) and BLACKCAP (1) to the months total,which now stands at (66).

One of three Green Woodpeckers seen this morning.

March 26th (Grove/Stodmarsh)

I spent a very pleasant morning at Grove Ferry/Stodmarsh in the warm sunshine in the company of Bob Bland,Derrick Jackson and Jeff wynn.We started at the Grove end and walked as far as the Marsh Hide,before retracing our steps.

We saw a total of (47) species,the most notable being Marsh Harrier (4) Common Buzzard (1) Sparrowhawk (2) Garganey (1) drake( Marsh Hide) Pinkfeet (10) Cetti`s Warbler (6) Bittern (1) and Water Rail (2).