February 10th
This morning we covered the area from Shuart to Plumpudding lagoon and out to Brooksend and recorded 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 18 Blackbirds, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 451 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 171 Oystercatchers, 3 Curlews, 1 Teal, 1 Wigeon, 19 Dunlin, 12 Redshank, 10 Turnstone, 6 Sanderling, 10 Lapwings, 21 Mute Swans and 4 Skylarks.
On the way home at Reculver we saw 2 Grey Partridges, 1 Coot, 2 Green Sandpipers and 1 Marsh Harrier.
Matt spent 45 minutes at the Towers and counted 3 Guillemots, 30 Red-throated Divers, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Kittiwake and 1 Common Scoter.
On a cold afternoon we then walked from Chamber's Wall around Coldharbour and saw 46 Greylag Geese flying towards the Roman Galley, 14 Yellowhammers, 24 Corn Buntings, 7 Mute Swans, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrels, 4 Tree Sparrows, 1 Marsh Harrier, 70 Skylarks, 31 Shelduck, 74 Mallard, 2 Redshank, 1 Teal, 1 female Pintail, 1 Little Egret, 1 Wigeon and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull. We also found 2 Moles having a fight on the path before disappearing underground again.