March 19th

After overnight rain, this morning dawned bright and breezy as we walked from Chamber's Wall to the Oyster Farm lagoons. We recorded 8 Chaffinches, 1 Redwing, 3 Fieldfares, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 6 Mallard, 2 Coot, 7 Skylarks, 12 Meadow Pipits, 2 Little Grebes, 11 Redshank, 113 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 4 Oystercatchers, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Red-throated Divers flying E, 37 Corn Buntings, 2 Ringed Plovers, 1 adult Peregrine and 800 Starlings.

Dave Smith was out early and walked from Reculver to Coldhabour and back and his higlights were 1 Snow Bunting and a first winter Kittiwake flying E.