It was a 200 mile drive today to Braintree, Essex, where I will be for the next few days.
Birds seen en route, which were firsts for the year were:
Fieldfare - 1 (Near Lorton Valley Nature Park)
Fieldfare - 1 (Near Lorton Valley Nature Park)
Buzzard - 3 (Dorchester)
Red Kite - 2 (1 over Fleet Services M3 and 1 Chorley Wood)
Lapwing - 50+ (Puddletown)
Cattle Egret - 20+ (River Test at Totton)
Rooks - 50+ (Winterborne Monkton)
Grey Heron - 1 (Braintree)
Mute Swan -2 (River Stour, Wimborne Minster)
A Red Kite (Photographed in Swindon a few years back)