December 29th
It was bright and windless this morning as we walked from Chamber's Wall to the Wantsum outflow. Birds we saw included 1 Common Buzzard, 16 Mute Swans, 31 Corn Buntings, 9 Blackbirds, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Lapwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Reed Buntings, 65 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 16 Oystercatchers, 26 Mallard, 6 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 3 Red-throated Divers, 393 Cormorants flying out to sea, 1 Curlew, 2 Wigeon, 2 Coot, 1 Grey Partridge and 19 Stock Doves.
Marc Heath started early at Shuart where he recorded 1 Woodcock, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl and 1 Red-legged Partridge. Later he walked round the Chamber's Wall loop and recorded 22 Mute Swans, 2 Water Rails, 5 Pheasants, 5 Song Thrushes, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Meadow Pipits, 255 Cormorants, 31 Reed Buntings, 8 Yellowhammers, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechats, 12 Oystercatchers, 6 Grey Plovers, 15 Turnstone, 6 Shelduck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 28 Mallard, 2 Curlew, 1 Sparrowhawk, 16 Red-throated Divers, 74 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Redshank, 16 Ringed Plovers, 2 Wigeon, 67 Corn Buntings, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Little Grebe and 10 Tree Sparrows.
This afternoon at Minnis Bay he saw 15 Redshank, 2 Purple Sandpipers, 30 Sanderling, 20 Turnstone, 1 Red-throated Diver and 1 Rock Pipit.