Today's sightings
Lagoon
An adult Mediterranean gull returned to the black headed gull breeding site today where it was seen in front of the Observatory.
British Steel hide
4 spotted redshank, 10 greenshank, 18 redshank, 379 black tailed godwit, grey plover, snipe, 2 curlew, 85 wigeon, teal, 6 tufted duck, 4 gadwall, 5 little egret and stonechat.
Millennium Wetlands
36 tufted duck, 12 pochard, 7 shoveler, 9 little grebe, 52 gadwall, little egret, 2 grey heron, 22 shelduck, 2 lapwing, 5 snipe, 10 water rail, chiffchaff and 5 cetti's warbler.
The first butterflies of the spring included 5 brimstones, a peacock and a small tortoiseshell.
