March 9th
On a morning that was virtually windless and gradually got milder we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and then back along the railway embankment and the Oyster Farm. We saw 3 Red-throated Divers, the Red-necked Grebe still with 3 Great Crested Grebes offshore, 3 Mute Swans, 17 Mallard, 1 Pied Wagtail, 24 Redshank, 11 Sanderling, 6 Ringed Plovers, 14 Oystercatchers, 10 Turnstone, 21 Shelduck, 105 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Little Egrets, 60 Carrion Crows, 2 Gadwall, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 second winter Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Dunlin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Yellowhammers, 10 Corn Buntings and 3 Song Thrushes.