12th April A bright and sunny morning but wuith a strong south-westerly breeze making it difficult for amy meaningful counts of birds in the dunes and marshes.
Attention waas focussed ober the sea between 0800 and 0900 when 169 Sandwich Tern, 3 Little Tern, a red-throated Diver and 3 Gannets flew south. A light southerly passage of Goldfinches and Linnets was underway and a few Swallows and Martins arrived off the sea. The highlight was an early Cuckoo heading west.
11th April
