March 6th
On a sunny but chilly morning we began at the Towers where we saw 27 Cormorants, 1 Shelduck W and 1 Eider.
We then drove to Chamber's Wall and walked out to Coldharbour before returning via the Green Wall and saw 52 Redwings, 29 Cormorants, 18 Yellowhammers, 3 Grey Partridges, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 22 Chaffinches, 13 Linnets, 8 Corn Buntings, 14 Mallard, 4 Shelduck, 8 Redshank, 8 Oystercatchers, 2 Ringed Plovers, 20 Golden Plovers, 4 Mute Swans, 69 Dark-bellied Brent Geese and 14 Reed Buntings.
Later at Shuart we counted 24 Redwings, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 1 Common Buzzard and 1 Siskin W.
We also had the first frog spawn of the year in our garden pond.