A drop of rain last night, so thought it worth a visit. Some large puddles on the inland wet meadows, a few mallard. Brief view of marsh harrier from the West-Court Farm (inland) end, it went to ground somewhere on the N side and I didn't see it again. The first I've seen there since March 3. Lots of swallows and sand martins were feeding over the wet meadows. From the hide, buzzard, kestrel, sparrowhawk ♀. Cetti's heard once, water rails somewhere. 5 mallard and 2 teal flew in, circled, but changed their minds and didn't land. A chiffchaff was singing in the pines.
The fenced corridor to the hide (not an actual track) still hasn't been cut (see August 10, 26). The hide is the only place you're able/supposed to get to these days, with the new fencing. The gate through to the eastern end of the NT part and the pines now has a chain wrapped round it, an escalation from the previous baler twine. No track mown there. Access to this end is important, not least for WEBS and winter farmland bird counts. Apart from these, the Corse has been one of my BirdTrack sites for 15 years, but it is barely worth a visit at the moment.
