28/03/2026  9.00 - 13.00  Dockens Water path and North side.  Usual path and hide checks. Branch in the Dockens water near the entrance to the overflow 'bay' at the Western end.

Report from Jeremy McClements re. early morning visit to Lapwing Hide. 

• Person in a red jacket seen near the Osprey Platform who then retreated back into the north eastern bay of Ibsley Water - ? fisherman.

• Kittiwake feeding in front of Lapwing Hide
• Osprey flying south over Ibsley and across into the Avon Valley  

Other sightings:

• 2/3 Lapwings seen on the spit between Lapwing and Goosander, 'playing hide and seek with a couple of crows!!
• 2 Lapwings seen in the scrape from the Hanson screen
• ?1/2 Little Gulls seen on the western shore line of Spit Island from Tern Hide

Issue reported: 

• A Brambling seen by the feeder at Woodland Hide appeared to have a problem/swelling at and around it's beak. ?cause.