Weather still mild, although overcast and wet today. Saw my first Primroses of the year on the grassy bank opposite Newark Castle. Cherry blossom now well out on trees in Finlaystone Estate. As well as the pink blossom, some trees are showing all white. Looks like the first meadow there is to be used for growing young trees (as the second one is already). That would be a pity, as that spot is full of interest all year round.
Spent a few minutes checking out the shore behind the waterfront leisure complex. Tide was well in, but noted two Black Guillemots and a Shag fishing offshore (the latter very obvious, even at distance, with it's breeding crest and dramatic leap-dives). Also near there were six or more House Sparrows (and one Dunnock) feeding at the entrance to the cinema complex, Starlings singing everywhere and a male Greenfinch singing from a TV aerial.