March 25th

It was a glorious early spring morning as Anne and I walked from Reculver to the Wantsum outflow before having another short walk at Bishopstone on the way home. We saw 3 Chiffchaffs, 9 Linnets, 175 Black-headed Gulls mainly flying W, 5 Cetti's Warblers, 9 Fieldfare W, 12 Goldfinches W, 9 Meadow Pipits, 1 Corn Bunting, 22 Turnstone, 2 Skylarks, 152 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 27 Mute Swans, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Greylag Geese, 5 Shelduck, 4 Mallard, 2 Stonechats, 2 Oystercatchers, 4 Bearded Tits, 3 Great Black-backed Gulls, 8 Sand Martins and 1 adult summer plumaged Mediterranean Gull W.

Meadow Pipit on the seawall

 Matt covered the whole area this morning and walked from Netherhale along the coast to Bishopstone and back inland. He counted 58 Redwings, 5 Green Woodpeckers, 24 Chiffchaffs, 3 Goldcrests, 6 Long-tailed Tits, 9 Canada Geese, 14 Greylag Geese, 6 Barnacle Geese, 3 Kestrels, 1 Fieldfare, 15 Curlew, 20 Sanderling, 2 Stonechats, 3 Snipe, 50 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 49 Turnstone, 4 Marsh Harriers, 8 adult Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Little Egrets, 6 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Gannets, 6 Shelduck, 2 Firecrests at Coldharbour, 31 Magpies on the seawall, 1 Shoveler, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Common Scoter, 8 Sand Martins, 54 Corn Buntings, 1 female Bullfinch (133rd), 1 singing Blackcap, 15 Gadwall, 18 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Grebes, 12 Coot, 1 singing Willow Warbler (134th), 40 Chaffinches, 12 Common Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk and 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers. He also saw two Brimstone butterflies.