After an overnight frost today dawned sunny and calm for a change so we walked from Shuart to Brooksend and then out to Plumpudding Riding Centre before returning along Shuart Drove. We saw 1 Kestrel, 26 Blackbirds, 2 Common Buzzards, 6 Red-legged Partridges, 500+ Woodpigeons, 22 Chaffinches, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Grey Herons, 3 Yellowhammers, 80 Rooks, 4 Mistle Thrushes, 1 Tufted Duck, 24 Coot, 118 Greylag Geese, 1 Jay, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Curlew, 41 Mute Swans, 4 Gadwall, 7 Skylarks singing and 1 Corn Bunting.
Greylag Geese |
Mike and Maria Longdon had a walk from Minnis Bay this morning and shortly before high tide counted 60 Ringed Plovers on the shingle between Plumpudding lagoon and Coldharbour plus 6 Curlews and 20+ Grey Plovers.
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