March 22nd
The day started well when Anne heard the male Long-eared Owl calling at about 0400.
It turned out to be a stunning, sunny morning so I walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and saw 13 Magpies, including a flock of 11 flying in off the sea over the Towers, 2 Goldfinches, 49 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 4 Pied Wagtails, 1 first winter Mediterranean Gull, 6 Ringed Plovers, 20 Redshank, 12 Mute Swans, 2 Little Egrets, 9 Shelduck, 1 Snipe, 8 Mallard, 18 Turnstone, 13 Oystercatchers, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Linnets, 2 Rock Pipits, 1 Curlew, 3 Lapwings, 18 Cormorants, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stonechat and 1 Black Redstart on the rocks by the car park.
Earlier Julian Perry found an Avocet (124th) in Coldharbour but it had flown away by the time I arrived.
Derek Smith was also out this morning and walked from Shuart to Plumpudding and Coldharbour. He recorded 3 Common Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk, 11 Curlews, 66 Sanderling, 36 Fieldfares, 18 Song Thrushes in bushes beside the seawall and railway embankment, 1 Rock Pipit, 43 Chaffinches W and 7 Corn Buntings.

Black Redstart