February Summary 2020

Here is a quick summary of the month - from Howard:

February is often the coldest and best winter month but not this year. The wet, windy westerly weather has prevented any immigration and duck and wader numbers remained where they were in December. A Jack Snipe was seen over one of the mammoth tides on the 10th and two Ruff were still about. Gull watching did provide us with some more Caspian action and a fine adult Iceland Gull visited on the 11th and 12th while an adult Med Gull headed out with 500 Black-heads on the 10th. Peregrines were especially active along with six Marsh Harriers and two sightings of Merlin with a female on the 13th and a male on the 19th. A Red Kite was seen on the 3rd and three more drifted through on the 11th while two Short-eared Owl continued to be problematical with just sporadic appearances. The Firecrests were seen now and then and Bearded Tits and Stonechats were on the trails.