January 24th
On a morning that wasn't frosty or foggy for the first time for a while we walked at Chamber's Wall and saw 1 female Hen Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard, 30 Yellowhammers, 110 Corn Buntings, 15 Tree Sparrows, 60 Chaffinches, 150 Reed Buntings, 1 Grey Partridge, 2 Peregrines, a male a female hunting Woodpigeons together, 2 Water Rails, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Fieldfare and 1 Lapwing.
Later at a flat calm Minnis Bay we counted 98 Red-throated Divers on the sea, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Guillemots and 500 Dark-bellied Brent Geese.
This afternoon we walked around the Shuart area and recorded 4 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Common Buzzards, 8 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Jay, 2 Grey Herons, 2 Kestrels, 1 female Hen Harrier, almost certainly the one we saw this morning, 1 Lapwing and 1 Marsh Harrier.