To mark what should have been the last Sunday birding walk of the Lymnats' 2020/21 winter programme here is a "snapshot" of Lymington - Keyhaven seen on a frosty March morning by a solitary walker - a total of over 60 species:
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Swan; Canada Goose; Dark-bellied Brent Goose; Shelduck; Wigeon; Gadwall;
Mallard; Pintail; Shoveler; Teal; Tufted Duck; Red-breasted Merganser;
Pheasant; Little Grebe; Great Crested Grebe; Cormorant; Spoonbill; Little Egret
(including JN, still on Normandy); Grey Heron; Marsh Harrier; Moorhen; Coot;
Oystercatcher; Avocet; Ringed Plover; Grey Plover; Lapwing; Dunlin; Snipe;
Black-tailed Godwit; Turnstone; Curlew; Common Redshank; Spotted Redshank;
Greenshank; Black-headed Gull; Herring Gull; Great Black-backed Gull;
Mediterranean Gull; Woodpigeon; Pied Wagtail; Meadow Pipit; Wren; Dunnock;
Robin; Stonechat; Blackbird; Song Thrush; Dartford Warbler; Great Tit; Blue
Tit; Magpie; Carrion Crow; Starling; House Sparrow; Goldfinch; Chaffinch;
Greenfinch; Linnet; Bullfinch; Reed Bunting. Heard only: Cetti's Warbler.
Amongst the flowers seen were Colt's Foot, Red
Deadnettle and Gorse. Those of the Willow were particularly attractive to the
Bullfinches. The head of a Seal (presumably a Common Seal) broke surface twice
very briefly). Three separate groups of Roe Deer nearly totalled double figures.
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