Whilst filling the feeders for the greedy tree sparrows in my garden, I heard the unmistakeable call of waxwing and looked up in time to see 9 flying off into the village. Later took Mrs B and Number 3 for a long walk through Petersberg and Eskilstorp during the morning. The weather has gone rather grey but the spring feel persists, we found nest-building buzzard and calling green woodpeckers at the start of our walk at Petersberg. The small gravel pit here is one of the few coastal freshwater bodies on the patch and is a regular haunt of mine. It will turn up something good one day - I am determined. It does seem to pick stuff up that is travelling south and suddenly reaches the barrier of the ridge that runs east-west right through the patch. Today it was till frozen, so no wildfowl. Flyovers though included a mean looking red kite.
Walking through Eskilstorpstrand to the beach was fairly quiet, although the regular flock of 100+ scaup was welcome and three male pintail looked great as they streaked south just offshore. I had hoped for bullfinch during the walk (I still need it for the year somehow!).
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