We are now at the back end of March, and Spring is nowhere in sight. Terrible weather has plagued the UK and Ireland this month, gale force winds combined with heavy snow. I spent last week in North Norfolk and conditions there were no better than up here. My outing today was to see if any of the migrants have made their way up, and it was no surprise to find that they had not. A driving east wind has put the migration on hold, evan in Norfolk there was no sign of Sand martins or Chiff Chaffs and they are usually the first to arrive. If the weather improves and the wind starts to drop then i expect some activity within the next week or two.
There was still some snow in patches over Belvedere, on the higher ground of Rivington it's still reasonably thick, some outbreaks of light snow would break out every so often but not enough to stick. The biting wind was cruel, stinging any extremities that happened to be uncovered.
7 Lapwings have taken residence in the farmers field at Point 3, no doubt they will stay there over spring and summer as they usually do. The Meadow Pipits are still hopping around the Water Treatment Plant along with Pied Wagtails and a solitary Grey Wagtail.
However it was the field at Point 5 that sticks in my mind today, a dead Fox was just off the track. I suspect it was a female, it looked quite small and slim. There were no visable wounds that i could see, an unfortunate end none the less. I do not expect it to be there long, many crows are present nearby and a buzzard was circling the adjacent field.
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