Comedown

The return to the patch has been, well, slightly less dramatic than the gull and boreal(ish) passerine fest of my trip to Norway! And I say this having had another look at the harbour otter on my first day back in the office.

As always with mid February, the first few signs of spring are appearing - most noticeably the presence, and singing of skylarks all over Girdle Ness. I have added a few species to the patch year list, such as siskin, mute swan and kittiwake (at last!), and the lunchtime high tides have returned a few good wader counts - 98 redshank being particularly notable. In spite of that though it's been desperately quiet...