March 4th
After the recent awful weather it felt almost balmy this morning with the sun out and only a light breeze. We walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and also along the railway embankment and counted 66 Corn Buntings, 22 Chaffinches, 71 Mallard, 2 Little Egrets, 37 Shelduck, 52 Carrion Crows, 186 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Redshank, 32 Golden Plovers, 12 Oystercatchers, 9 Skylarks, 1 Curlew, 4 Mute Swans, 2 Ringed Plovers, 3 Shoveler, 30 Reed Buntings and 2 Stonechats.
On our way home we dropped in at Reculver where we saw 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Kestrels, 250 Woodpigeons, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Gadwall, 130 Teal, 3 Pintail, 30 Shelduck, 4 Mute Swans, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Tufted Duck, 3 Shoveler, 1 Woodcock and 1 Cetti's Warbler singing.