April 20th - there was an expectation of passage today as the easterly winds continued and a wet front was forecast to move through during the afternoon. During the early morning, many local sites had Arctic Terns plus a few Little Gulls, but my patch had nothing! I was away during the day enjoying a nice family Easter lunch. During this time, the weather turned very wet and gloomy. However, it was clearing up nicely in the early evening, so having returned home, I decided to pay a visit to the pit to see if there had been any new arrivals.
I didn't arrive until gone 7pm and the first birds I saw were a summer plumaged Dunlin and a Little Ringed Plover - both new in, but neither particularly exciting. At just after 7:30pm, I happened to look up and see a raptor that had passed over me relatively low. It had flown in from the SW and was continuing to flap it way northwards. It looked like a Marsh Harrier and through bins, I could see that it was in fact a lovely male. I watched it fly ever northwards until it disappeared, however, given the time, I wondered where it might roost, as there wasn't much light left.
Nothing else arrived, but a nice end to Easter Sunday.
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