March 10th to 16th

Great crested newt

14th  Great crested newts in garden pond. (JAS)
         Cormorant Count: 36-38 active nests. Great crested grebe
         displaying. (Heronry South). Goosander x 2 at moorings.
         Wild plum in flower.

Common toad

15th  Third Thursday Walk.
         Blackbird, b-h gull, bluetit, bullfinch, crow, chaffinch, cormorant,
         dunnock, gadwall, goldcrest, goldfinch, g-c grebe, g-s woodpecker,
         great tit, green woodpecker, heron, greylag goose, jackdaw, l-b-b gull,
         l-t tit, magpie, mallard, moorhen, mute swan, oystercatcher, redwing,
         robin, rook, shoveler, collared dove, song thrush, starling, tufted duck,
         wigeon, wood pigeon, wren, canada goose, goldeneye. (38 spp. DW)

         Toads spawning in dragonfly pond. (DM and JAS)

Gadwall pair

16th  Wren in woodpile by garden pond,  goldcrests x 2 pairs in
         Ray House Garden, brimstone butterfly, coal tit in garden, muntjac x 2
         in meadow. Buzzards courting over Lafarge Plant, chiff-chaffs singing at
         Ray House, River View and Cobham Hide. Song thrush singing at
         fisherman's car park.  Moorhen at garden pond. Kestrel in car park.
         Coltsfoot in flower on edge of car park, primroses at Ray House,
         pussy willow (JAS)

Coltsfoot