March 17th to 21st

17th  Blue tit, goldfinch, blackbird, redwing, great tit, marsh tit (?), coal tit.....(CM)
         Siskin x 5 at feers in Hayden Hide, red kite over. (AH)

Male reed bunting at the Hayden Hide. (Dave Hunter)

       
18th  Pintail x 4 (Quarry) (GR)
         Redwing 18, tufted duck 110, gadwall 12, wigeon 16, siskin 6,
         shoveler 7, buzzard, yellowhammer 40, oystercatcher 2, lapwing, teal 3,
         goldeneye 5, bullfinch 3. (Terry Brown). 3 Redwings at Hayling Lake (AH)

Scarlet elf-cup fungus.

20th  Cormorant, 48 to 50 occupied nests on Heronry South (TG)
         Bittern flew across Weedy Pit. (Colin) Reed bunting at Hayden Hide. (SB)

Goosanders

21st   Scarlet elf-cup fungus at Dodder Fen. (J McD)

23rd  Jay at Heronry South, 52 tufted ducks on Heronry North, weasel, fallow deer (reported twice)  by Great Meadow, 3 goosanders on river, two pairs of buzzard courting, 6 Canada geese on Sailing Lake. (JAS)

A colony of bank voles in village. (TG)

Weasel (Peter Cariuk)