May 6th

Post date: May 07, 2011 7:22:44 PM

SSE 3 mild, hazy 0630-1130

A fine start to the day with a Marsh Harrier east first thing, followed by a couple of geese coming west over Hungry Hill, as they came straight over the garden, I was surprised to see they were Barnacle geese! Garden tick and a TG tick.

A wander along the cliffs at Sidestrand was fairly productive with 21 Crossbill east, couple of flava wags west and a Red Kite that lingered for a while between Trimingham and Sidestrand. Probably best bird today though was a fine Wood Sandpiper that shared the local reservoir with a Common sand, both struggling to keep a foothold on the sheer plastic banks. Speaking of struggling, this site has appare ntly reached its optimum capacity for downloads so I am unable to post any pics. I have tried to create a google apps site which would give me more space but have had no luck so far. This, coupled with the fact that the 'n' & 'm' keys on my laptop do not work properly, ,means that typing just a few lines has become rather frustrating to say the least!