{"id":1401,"date":"2022-03-05T10:33:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T10:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.171.192.198\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2022-04-15T14:21:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:21:23","slug":"march-2022-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1401","title":{"rendered":"March 2022 &#8211; Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>30\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>White Wagtail (x3)<\/li><li>Twite (x70)<\/li><li>(Golden Eagle reported again)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>29\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>BLACK REDSTART (female type)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>27\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Red-throated Diver<\/li><li>Great Northern Diver <\/li><li>Linnet (first of the year)<\/li><li>Herring Gull (a single group of 50 birds)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>26\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>White-fronted Geese (x8)<\/li><li>White-tailed Eagle<\/li><li>Blackcap (female)<\/li><li>Greenfinch (in song)<\/li><li>Redpoll (in song)<\/li><li>Twite (x4+2)<\/li><li>(Several reports of perhaps 2 Golden Eagles over recent days)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>25\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Red-throated Diver<\/li><li>Great Northern Diver <\/li><li>White-fronted Goose (10)<\/li><li>Fulmar (x9)<\/li><li>Guillemot<\/li><li>Razorbill<\/li><li>Hen Harrier<\/li><li>Peregrine (x2)<\/li><li>PURPLE SANDPIPER (x2)<\/li><li>Twite (x8)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>24\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Red-throated Diver (first of the spring)<\/li><li>Great Northern Diver (x8)<\/li><li>White-fronted Geese (x11)<\/li><li>Barnacle Geese (x1050)<\/li><li>Wigeon (x2)<\/li><li>Teal (x84)<\/li><li>Red-breasted Merganser (x3)<\/li><li>Hen Harrier (x6)<\/li><li>Peregrine <\/li><li>Wheatear (in song)<\/li><li>Twite (x25+5)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>22\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Great Northern Diver (x3)<\/li><li>Greenland White-fronted Geese (x11)<\/li><li>Shelduck (x2)<\/li><li>Turnstone (x25)<\/li><li>Sanderling (x20)<\/li><li>Razorbills <\/li><li>Guillemots<\/li><li>Wood Pigeon (first of the year)<\/li><li>Wheatears (now seemingly well-established)<\/li><li>Twite (x13)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>20\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wheatears (x4 &#8211; our first of the year!)<\/li><li>Canada Geese (x12 &#8211; our first of the year!!)<\/li><li>Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails (have arrived in large numbers)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>18\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Puffins (x4)<\/li><li>Eider (x8)<\/li><li>Shelduck (x2)<\/li><li>Peregrine (hunting in front of the Coll Hotel)<\/li><li>Greenland White-fronted Geese (x8)<\/li><li>Goldcrest (in song)<\/li><li>Greenfinch (in song)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>6\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Twite (x30)<\/li><li>Great Northern Diver <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>5\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>White-fronted Geese (x7)<\/li><li>Skylark (in full song)<\/li><li>Twite (x17)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>4\/3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Little Grebe<\/strong> (a new arrival)<\/li><li>Lesser Black-backed Gull (the first of the spring)<\/li><li>Black-headed Gull (a real rarity at this time of year)<\/li><li>Guillemots (several small parties moving north)<\/li><li>Pied Wagtail (a pair &#8211; 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