Birding - 20/03/09

Spent an hour-and-a-half in the field with Mrs B and Number 2 & 3 this morning. We walked a circuit around nearby Vasaltheden. We were greeted on arrival by a couple of mistle thrushes (year-tick) bouncing about in a ploughed field. A brisk southerly kept things on the cool side during our walk, but linnet (year-tick) and yellowhammers were in song. A wet flush held a small flock of meadow pipit and a single white wagtail. A lone snipe was 'chipping' when we arrived and we went on to flush at least four birds. The sea produced a reasonable number of eider to look through. Along the coast teal (15) numbers were up but wigeon have obviously moved on north. Surprisingly very little vismig this morning.