February 25th
This morning Julian Perry walked the Shuart -  Brooksend - Plumpudding - Shuart loop. Birds seen included 47 Mute Swans, 3 Mallards, 7 Gadwalls, 7 Tufted Ducks, 3 Common Scoters, 2 Little Grebes, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Herons, 2 Marsh Harriers, 4 Kestrels, 8 Moorhens, 10 Coots, 8 Oystercatchers, 5 Redshanks, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 100+ Stock Doves, 825+ Woodpigeons, 5 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Barn Owl making a successful hunt, 4 Green Woodpeckers, 50+ Rooks, 50+ Jackdaws, 25+ Carrion Crows, 15 Skylarks,  13 Pied Wagtails, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Stonechat, 15 Goldfinches, 1 Greenfinch  and 6 Reed Buntings.
We only ventured out after lunch and visited Minnis Bay as the tide was coming in and saw 184 Oystercatchers, 48 Redshank, 54 Grey Plovers, 8 Curlews, 59 Turnstone, 125 Dunlin, 15 Sanderling, 6 Ringed Plovers, 12 Brent Geese, 1 Little Egret and 16 Common Scoter.

Sanderling

On the way home we dropped in at Reculver and saw 12 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mallard, 9 Fieldfares, 2 Gadwall, 2 Coot and 850 Brent Geese.