February 4th

The morning began foggy but by the time we had reached Coldharbour the fog had cleared and it turned into a glorious sunny winter's morning. Birds we recorded included 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Golden Plover, 21 Ringed Plover, 23 Mallard, 6 Oystercatchers, 28 Redshank, 12 Reeed Buntings, 3 Stonechats, 24 Turnstone, 1 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 395 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Mute Swans, 17 Corn Buntings, 1 Lapland Bunting in with the Meadow Pipits at Coldharbour, 18 Meadow Pipits, 1 Sanderling, 1 Short-eared Owl sitting on a post in the Oyster Farm and 7 Goldfinches.

The River Wantsum

Redshank