Hot dogs on the beach - 13/03/10

We all headed out for a trip into Halland this morning. First stop was Lagaoset, the mouth of the Lagan river. I do not get up here much, it is off-patch, but it is a cracking site and gets good vismig in spring and autumn. Quiet today though, with just some obvious skylark movement overhead and a few goldcrest and common crossbill knocking about.

We took lunch at Trönningestranden, more skylarks on the move, a pair of common crossbill in the pines and a few shelduck. Temperatures above freezing at last but the snow seems reluctant to leave us.

Last stop of the day was at Klarningen where in 20 minutes on my own I managed to cobble together a few good birds. A huge flock of 42 stock dove flew east. Overhead a few skylarks were singing and more passed north overhead, together with the odd buzzard. A couple of lapwing were on site too, together with one of the regular rough-legged buzzards. The best bird was a single woodlark, calling as it flew overhead - not many moving at the moment, so a bit surprising.