February 23rd
We were greeted at a very foggy Reculver this morning by a Chiffchaff singing from the Roman walls by the Towers. With this unusual southerly flow of weather it seems a likely candidate for the earliest spring migrant at Reculver beating the previous record of 1st March 1998.
As we walked along the seawall to Coldharbour the fog lifted and it was a lovely winter's morning. Other birds we saw included 3 Teal, 4 Shelduck, 1 Water Rail calling, 55 Corn Buntings, 3 Mute Swans, 2 Curlew, 2 Shoveler, 10 Oystercatchers, 2 Kingfishers, 1 Little Egret, 14 Cormorants flying out to sea, 2 Snow Buntings, 25 Meadow Pipits, 4 Redshank, 45 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Ringed Plovers, 3 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Kestrel, 1 Coot and 1 Cetti's Warbler.

A foggy seawall