March 11th

With a fresh NE wind blowing this morning Matt and I spent 90 minutes seawatching at the Towers. We did not see very much but with nearly everything flying E we counted 162 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 9 Red-throated Divers, 99 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Fulmars, 28 Common Gulls, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Gannet and 1 female Common Scoter.

We stopped our seawatch at 0815 and then had a walk at Netherhale where we recorded 19 Corn Buntings, 60 Chaffinches, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 21 Tufted Duck, 6 Gadwall, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaffs, 5 Ring-necked Parakeets, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 1 male Marsh Harrier, 160 Linnets, 1 Sparrowhawk and 14 Greylag Geese.