March 16th
With a brisk NE wind still blowing we walked around the Oyster Farm and then inland. Birds we saw included 2 Goldfinches, 168 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 4 Mute Swans, 2 Common Scoter, 2 Sanderling, 40 Golden Plovers, 12 Redshank, 4 Ringed Plovers, 1 Curlew, 8 Shelduck, 16 Oystercatchers, 8 Mallard, 2 Green Sandpipers, 18 Cormorants, 2 Pied Wagtails, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Snipe, 2 Kestrels, 1 Goldcrest, 10 Tufted Ducks, 4 Teal, 4 Chiffchaffs and 1 Cetti's Warbler.
The male Blackcap also visited our garden feeders again.