I can add a extra Grasshopper Warbler and a Reed Warbler to Gordon's sightings.

08.15 - 11.15
1 Whitethroat
6 Blackcap
25+Chiffchaff
30+ Willow Warbler
constant flow of Sand Martin over North early on
5 Buzzard
1 Raven
3 Willow Tit
1 Bulfinch
30+ Tufted Duck - DF

10.00 - 13.00
C2,3,4,5,6,7,8 & 10

8 Willow Warbler
12 Chiffchaff
100+ Sand Martin
2 Swallow
6 Buzzard together over C3 with 4 of them displaying
2 Sparrowhawk displaying over C8
3 Little Grebe - C10
1 Pink-footed Goose - feeding and looked healthy on Fir Tree Flash (not really associating with Canada Geese so probably dropped in on migration?)

1 drake goldeneye on diggle flash, 2 little grebe,
5 singing chiffchaff, 3 singing skylark, 1 sparrowhawk, several reed bunting, 1 cock pheasant,

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 28th of March 2017 03:46:56 PM

First light, Stunning morning.

Highlights,

2 Stonechat, Male and Female C8
8 Reed Bunting C6 and C8
5 Skylark C6 and C8
4 Meadow Pipit C6 and C8
3 Linnet C8
1 Kestrel C8
4 Chiffchaff C6 and C8
2 Snipe C10
1 Water Rail, Nevisons Flash
c25 Goldfinch C8
1 Goldcrest C6
1 Kingfisher, Fir Tree Flash. Same place as yesterday probably same bird.

Good numbers of the usuals about and lots of singing.

08.00-10.30
9 Chiffchaff - 4 C3, 4 C6 & 1 C4
at least 3 Little Grebe very vocal in C10
2 Gadwall - C10
1 Snipe - C2
2 Grey Partridge - C5

4 singing chiffchaff this morning one in particular giving excellent views first of the season for me, 3 goldeneye on diggle flash 1m 2 f

morning dog walk
19 goldfinch, great tit, blue tit, 2 bullfinch, robin and blackbird both into double figures, 1 jay, dunnock,wren, 2 mistle thrush, 3 reed bunting, 2 skylark, 3 pheasant,
diggle flash- 2 goldeneye 1m 1f, mallard, coot, tufted duck, moorhen, 1 common gull amongst black headed gulls,2 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe seen 3 more heard only,

This morning,

4 Skylark, two singing a welcome sound.
3 Meadow Pipit
6 Reed Bunting
2 Water Rail
1 Chiffchaff
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Jay
30+ Goldfinch
1 Female Stonechat
3 Mistle Thrush
2 Linnet
1 Snipe

Plus all usuals.

09.00-12.30
1 Chiffchaf singing
1 Raven
1 Kingfisher
1 drake Goldeneye
5 Water Rail heard only
3 Siskin heard only
plenty of Skylark and Reed Bunting singing throughout whole area
1 Greenfinch (not seen here very often)
1 pair of Great crested Grebe
4 Snipe

Half hour mid morning, C3 only, male and female Siskin, also single Lesser Redpoll.

early morning dog walk managed to beat the bad weather that came in later
pair stonechat, 16 very noisy canada geese over,2 meadow pipit, 4 reed bunting, 3 chaffinch in with a small goldfinch flock, great tit, blackbird, blue tit, dunnock, at least 8 robin, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- @06-35 a 1st winter iceland gull spent 5mins circling low over the water before flying off in a north easterly direction ( possibly came from the pennington gull roost), 7 black headed gull. 2 lesser black backed gull, 5 gadwall, 2 mallard, c30 tufted duck, c20 coot, 1 mute swan, 5 little grebe seen on main flash with 1 more heard on stock pond, 1 cormorant over, 2 moorhen,

morning dog walk
pair stonechat nr top of new road, 2 collared dove, 2 chaffinch, 1 house sparrow, 14 goldfinch, 6 blackbird, 5 robin, 3 dunnock, 2 wren, 2 reed bunting, great tit, blue tit, 1 kestrel, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 1 m goldeneye, 3 gadwall, 5 mallard, 1 cormorant, 1 great crested grebe, 2 little grebe, 1 canada goose, c50 tufted duck, c30 coot, 2 moorhen, 8 black headed gull,

late news for yesterday 25/02/2017
mid afternoon

2 Whooper Swan flew north
1 Curlew (heard only)
1 Water Rail
1 Buzzard

morning dog walk
pair stonechat, 3 skylark, 4 reed bunting, 12 canada geese over, 5 mallard over, great tit, blue tit, goldfinch, blackbird, wren, robin, dunnock, 4 mistle thrush, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- c25 each of tufted duck and coot, 16 black headed gull, 4 moorhen, 1 little grebe, 1 cormorant, 1 grey heron, 2 gadwall, 2 mallard,

Birds alongside the top of the access road off Smiths Lane this morning included 2 Stonechat, Snipe, Willow Tit and a Reed Bunting in partial song 

Mooch this afternoon,

28 Tufted Duck
2 Pochard
1 Little Grebe
2 Great Crested Grebe
1 Mistle Thrush
4 Redwing
2 Linnet
3 Reed Bunting
5 Meadow Pipit
1 Stonechat
1 Jay
Brilliant views of a Goldcrest, literally down to 3 foot it didn't seem bothered at all, flitting about tirelessly.
12 Long Tailed Tits
Had a nice mixed flock of Finches in around C11, Redpoll, Siskin, Goldfinch and Chaffinch.

Plus all usuals.

morning dog walk
pair stonechat, 2 long tailed tit, 2 blue tit, decent numbers great tit, 2 mistle thrush, 5 chaffinch, blackbird,dunnock,wren, robin,magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 3 gadewall, 1m shoveler, 1m pochard, 2 mute swan, black headed gull, coot, tufted duck, 3 moorhen, 1 cormorant,1 great crested grebe.

early morning walk in darkness but still plenty of singing birds 2 mistle thrush singing loudly from 06-10, plenty of robin and blackbird singing but these tended to be close to the road with street lights. canada geese heard but not seen. at least 4 little grebe calling,

early morning walk still dark and raining so not much seen

12 jackdaw over,7 canada geese over, 1 mistle thrush singing in the dark and rain, several blackbird and robin heard singing,

pair of stonechat nr top of new road, pair goldeneye on diggle flash.

morning dog walk
2 goldeneye 1m 1f, 4 gadwall, 6 mallard, 11 canada geese, 2 mute swan, 4 moorhen, tufted duck, coot, black headed gulls, 2 lesser black backed gulls,
robin, great tit, blue tit, long tailed tit, blackbird, reed bunting, wren, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,

morning dog walk very windy
mixed flock of long tailed tit and goldfinch with approx 10 of each very flighty, 2 flocks of great tit 6 and 9, 5 blackbird, 2 robin and 2 dunnock foraging in undergrowth, 2 blue tit, 1 reed bunting, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon.
diggle flash- 2 pochard 1m 1f, 6 gadwall, 3 mallard, 3 moorhen, 1 grey heron, 2 mute swan, 19 black headed gull, 1 little grebe, tufted duck, coot,

morning dog walk
4 long tailed tit, 2 small mixed great tit and blue tit flocks, robin,wren, blackbird, 4 chaffinch, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon, 2 collared dove,1 grey heron over, 1 kestrel,
diggle flash- 3 pochard 2m 1f, 5 gadwall, 3 mallard, 2 mute swan, 4 moorhen, 7 black headed gull, 2 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe, 1 cormorant, tufted duck, coot,