Cold, blustery with a distinct 'in between' feel winter migrants having mostly left and a solitary Wheatear being the only hint of spring. Peregrine and Buzzard patrolled along with a Raven, 24 Carrion Crows, 27 Herring Gulls and 69 Lesser Black-backs in the eastern lambing fields. On the saltmarsh were 360 Black-tailed Godwits and 4 Avocets on the Ribble bank. Will these birds breed here for the first time in 2010?