March 29th

On a chilly and murky morning I walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and recorded 1 Common Buzzard, 21 Chaffinches, 22 Linnets, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 6 Goldfinches, 1 female Sparrowhawk, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Grey Partridges, 6 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Coot, 2 Little Egrets, 4 Redshank, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls E, 2 Oystercatchers, 76 Turnstone, 75 Corn Buntings, 1 Dunlin and 1 Kestrel.

Anthea Skiffington and Bob Dewire walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back this morning. They counted 164 Sanderling, 74 Turnstone, 5 Ringed Plovers, 3 Oystercatchers, 1 Grey Plover, 18 Dunlin, 7 Redshank, 70+ Corn Buntings, 1 Red Kite at the Oyster Farm and 1 male Wheatear at Coldharbour.

This afternoon at Reculver we saw 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Tufted Duck, 4 Mallard, 2 Coot, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers.