March 21st

This morning Matt walked from Reculver to Plumpudding and back along the railway embankment. He counted 3 Great Crested Grebes, 237 Meadow Pipits W, 15 Chiffchaffs, 9 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 3 Shelduck W, 25 Common Scoter, 3 Rock Pipits, 4 Stonechats, 264 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Grey Herons, 5 Greylag Geese, 45 Golden Plover W, 2 Wigeon, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Wheatears and 1 male Yellow Wagtail flying W, the earliest Reculver record by seven days (130th). Other birds he saw included 12 alba Wagtails, 1 Curlew, 46 Chaffinches W, 3 Gadwall, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 15 Turnstone, 10 Barnacle Geese E, 8 Dunlin and 1 Snow Bunting.

 Anne and I birded inland at Reculver and then at Shuart and saw 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 10 Meadow Pipits W, 10 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 4 Chiffchaffs, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 5 Mallard, 25 Tufted Duck, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Shoveler, 2 Shelduck, 10 Goldfinches, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Little Grebe, 30 Mute Swans, 1 first winter Bewick's Swan, 2 Kestrels, 4 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Greylag Geese and 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Snow Bunting - Matt Hindle