March 18th
On a bright morning with a moderate NW wind blowing we arrived at the Towers at 0620 and had a two hour seawatch. It was relatively quiet but we did count 33 Lesser Black-backed Gulls W, 134 Meadow Pipits W, 2 Rock Pipits, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 16 Gannets E, 25 Red-throated Divers E, 6 alba Wagtails W, 5 Shelduck, 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Curlew, 6 Oystercatchers, 1 Kestrel W out at sea, 1 Fulmar W, 1 Redshank and 11 Great Black-backed Gulls.

Third winter Lesser Black-backed Gull

After this Matt walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and Plumpudding and back via the railway embankment. He saw 4 Chiffchaffs, 1 Goldcrest, 3 alba Wagtails W, 60 Meadow Pipits W, 9 Grey Plovers, 4 Dunlin, 30 Dark-bellied Brent Geese,  40 Common Scoter,  1 Marsh Harrier, 7 Curlew, 100 Oystercatchers, 2 Kittiwakes E, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls W, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Shelduck, 5 Lapwings, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 5 Fieldfare and 1 Cetti's Warbler.
It was a pleasant sunny afternoon as we walked from Reculver to Wantsum outflow. Birds we saw included 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 male Wheatear (121st), 1 immature male Eider, 1 Short-eared Owl, 4 Oystercatchers, 8 Mallard, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Shelduck, 2 Redshank, 8 Corn Buntings, 1 Little Egret, 11 Turnstone and 2 Dark-bellied Brent Geese.

Immature male Eider