Sunday 23rd April 2017 Sightings

The highlights of just under one hours bird watching from the Horstead Bird Observatory were:

• 4 House Martin circled overhead (The observatory and my first of the year)
• 2 Jay flew West
• 1 Greenfinch in tree 
• 1 Pied Wagtail on the observatory's roof
• 1 Male Kestrel hovering then flew South
• 4 Mallard (2 flew South and two flew North
• 4 Buzzard (2 circling overhead and 2 circling in the distance)
• 5 Goldfinch flew West

It is great to see that the House Martins are back and that several pairs of Buzzard are in the area. Also, just as I was writing this a Lesser Black-Backed Gull flew West.