The last couple of  days have almost been springlike even though we have had heavy frosts ,but we are still to see any spring migrants on the patch even though they are beginning to be seen around and about.
The Brambling has still been in the garden but the Redpolls seem to have gone north .Raptors seen have been the wintering Kestrel which has reappeared , a fine female Sparrowhawk and the local Buzzards which finally got a chance to spread there wings with the fine weather.
Winter Thrush"s are declining in number with a max of 35 plus Fieldfare and 20 plus Redwing and a Mistle Thrush which is still hanging on. There are at least 5 singing Skylark at the moment , so lets hope they can find somewhere to breed. It was nice to see 2 Goldcrest flycatching from some conifers .
There are only about 220 plus Starling left the rest having moved on .
 The best of the rest were  2 Red Legged Partridge, 5 Stock Dove, Cormarant downriver, Greater Spotted Woodpecker and a party of 35 summerplumaged Black  Headed Gulls which moved northwards , 1 Brown Hare was also seen .