March 19th

On a beautiful, early spring morning we walked from Reculver to the Wantsum ouflow with the tide going out. Birds we saw included 5 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 21 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 23 Linnets, 1 Little Owl (122nd), 15 Redshank, 6 Mallard, 2 Stonechats, 1 Sparrowhawk, 12 Corn Buntings, 24 Oystercatchers, 2 Ringed Plovers, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (123rd), 1 Curlew, 12 Dunlin, 1 Water Rail, 2 Little Egrets and 1 Chiffchaff.

Little Owl

 

This afternoon we walked inland at a sunny Reculver and saw 85 Chaffinches, 1 Common Buzzard, 10 Goldfinches, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 14 Tufted Duck, 19 Gadwall, 6 Mallard, 1 Chiffchaff, 24 Teal, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Greylag Geese, 2 Shelduck, 18 Coot, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 1 female Brambling and 3 Yellowhammers.