23 March 2019
A cloudy day with long sunny periods and a F1-2 N wind.
Watches: 0555-1230.
A fantastic day of all round birding and movement overland was dominated by one species. The total of 9375 Starling heading south was phenomenal on the back of some strong movement recently. These birds will make their way south before heading out east to the continent from maybe East Anglia.
There were also decent...
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