February 14th
We began the morning with a 30 minute seawatch at Minnis Bay and recorded 5 Great Crested Grebes, 25 Red-throated Divers E, 1 Great Northern Diver E, 231 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 45 Cormorants, 1 Kittiwake and 1 Curlew.
We then visited Shuart and Reculver before the heavy rain began and saw 36 Mute Swans, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 25 Chaffinches, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 9 Tufted Ducks, 4 Mallard, 2 Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Coot, 1 Marsh Harrier and 1 Chiffchaff.
Whilst we were doing this Matt seawatched from the Towers and counted 49 Red-throated Divers, 1 adult Little Gull, 7 Kittiwakes, 1 Great Skua W and 6 Great Crested Grebes.