February 27th
With a cold east wind blowing we walked around various sites at Shuart and Reculver this morning. Birds we saw included 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 8 Goldfinches, 1 Little Grebe, 14 Chaffinches, 33 Mute Swans, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Linnets, 1 Jay, 1 Common Buzzard, 8 Siskins, 4 Mallard, 7 Tufted Ducks, 2 Coot, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 1 Kestrel and 150 Dark-bellied Brent Geese.
During the day at Bishopstone we had the male Blackcap in our garden and Julian Perry saw the female in his.