March 25th
An hour's seawatch at Reculver and then a look at Reculver bushes this morning produced 2 Mediterranean Gulls 1E and 1W, 1 Red-breasted Merganser W, 26 Common Gulls W, 43 Black-headed Gulls W, 2 Red-throated Divers E, 4 Oystercatchers, 7 Great Black-backed Gulls, 52 Cormorants, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Common Buzzards and 3 Chiffchaffs.
We then walked around the Shuart area and recorded 2 singing Blackcaps, 5 Chiffchaffs, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Lapwings, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Grey Heron and 1 Yellowhammer.

Long-tailed Tit

Back at Reculver we walked inland and saw 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Jays, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Mallard, 1 Kingfisher and 1 Cetti's Warbler.
A Red Kite flew NW over our garden at Bishopstone at lunchtime.
This afternoon we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and on to the Green Wall. Birds we saw included 3 Common Buzzards, 1 singing male Firecrest, 3 Mallard, 1 Kestrel, 6 Linnets, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Gannet, 10 Kittiwakes W, 40 Common Scoter, 6 Turnstone, 3 Redshank, 40 Corn Buntings and 1 Cetti's Warbler.