March 8th
It was a wonderful spring morning as we drove to Chamber's Wall to meet Matt who had walked in from Reculver. The first bird we saw as we arrived at the Chamber's Wall gate was a Raven (115th) taking off from the Marsh and then flying E over Wagtail Farm. We then walked back along the seawall to Reculver and recorded 15 Song Thrushes, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Little Egrets, 10 Corn Buntings, 3 Yellowhammers, 8 Mute Swans, 3 Grey Plovers, 4 Bearded Tits, 10 Redshank, 12 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 34 Oystercatchers, 3 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Curlew, 620 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 6 Ringed Plovers, 3 Dunlin, 4 Shelduck, 1 Sanderling, 1 Little Owl, 1 Kestrel and 1 Stonechat.
On his way home Matt had 10 Common Buzzards circling over Shuart.
This evening Alex and Julian Perry walked around the Oyster Farm. Birds seen included 900+ Brent Geese, 11 Mute Swans, 7 Shelducks, 2 Mallards, 1 Little Egret, 4 Oystercatchers, 1 Snipe, 15 Redshanks, 1 Little Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl, 10 Meadow Pipits, 16 Corn Buntings and 5 Reed Buntings.
Earlier in the day at Bishopstone there were 2 Comma butterflies and 1 Red Admiral.