The following birds are of particular interest in the coming month:

1. Winter Thrushes - should be getting return passage, note flock sizes

• Redwing
• Fieldfare

2. Finches + Larks

• Brambling – last ones coming into gardens now, note numbers
• Siskin – last ones coming into gardens now, note numbers
• Redpoll – All Records, separate Mealy/Common from Lesser if possible
• Linnet – note flock size
• Skylark – note flock size

3. Warblers

• Chiffchaff – Expect to hear first birds before next indoor meeting

4. Ducks and Geese

• Shelduck – now moving back inland to breed
• Goosander – moving back to breeding areas soon, record last sightings
• Wigeon
• Teal
• Shoveler
• Pochard
• Tufted Duck
• Goldeneye – returning to breeding areas soon, record last sightings
• Pintail – returning to breeding areas soon, record last sightings
• Pink-footed Geese – returning to breeding areas, record last sightings

5. Waders – All records, please

• Oystercatcher – now moving back inland to breed
• Golden Plover- returning to breeding areas, record last sightings
• Lapwing
• Green Sandpiper
• Redshank
• Snipe
• Jack Snipe

6. Rails

• Water Rail – all records please
• Coot – note flock size

7. Gulls

• Record flock sizes and species

8. Woodpeckers

• Great Spotted and Lesser Spotted Wdpkrs are far easier to find during March before the leaves come on the trees

9. Mainly on coast

• Waxwings – a poor winter
• Brent Geese
• Common and Velvet Scoter
• Eider
• Scaup
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Knot
• Grey Plover
• Turnstone
• Dunlin
• Ruff
• Curlew
• Divers
• Grebes

10. Raptors

• Sparrowhawk – Display during March
• Goshawk – Display during March
• Peregrine
• Merlin
• Rough-legged Buzzard
• Buzzard
• Hen Harrier
• Marsh Harrier – should be returning to the WVBS area soon