March 1st
After overnight rain it was cool and cloudy this morning with a chilly NW wind blowing as we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour. Birds we recorded included 1 Scandinavian Rock Pipit, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 92 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 6 Gannets E, 12 Ringed Plovers, 14 Mute Swans, 5 Sanderling, 76 Oystercatchers, 1 Turnstone, 39 Mallard, 5 Shelduck, 1 immature male Eider (116th), 1 Little Egret, 3 Redshank, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Curlew, 1 Stonechat, 1 Snipe and 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull W.
Derek Smith walked around the Shuart area and found 7 Chiffchaffs and 3 singing Cetti's Warblers.

Coltsfoot - Derek Smith