March 17th

With a fresh NW breeze blowing this morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and then on to the Oyster Farm lagoons. Birds we saw included 22 Chaffinches, 7 Goldfinches, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 42 Redwings, 71 Fieldfares, 10 Blackbirds, 1 Lapwing, 4 Coot, 1 Shelduck, 11 Skylarks, 6 Bearded Tits, 5 Mallard, 9 Redshank, 124 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Linnets, 1 Kestrel, 4 Oystercatchers, 55 Corn Buntings, 800 Starlings, 2 Curlew, 18 Russian White-fronted Geese, 1 male Marsh Harrier and 15 Meadow Pipits.

Female Bearded Tit

A walk around the Shuart, Brooksend and Netherhale loop this morning produced 687 Redwings feeding on fields and moving west, 3 Chiffchaffs, 14 Greenfinches, 4 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Little Owl, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 21 Fieldfares, 16 Corn Buntings, 129 Chaffinches, 32 Goldfinches, 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Goldcrests, 2 Common Buzzards, 39 Pied Wagtails, 6 White Wagtails, 500 Starlings, 3 Marsh Harriers, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 7 Grey Herons, 1 Canada Goose (135th), 27 Tufted Ducks, 2 Shoveler, 9 Teal, 20 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Wigeon, 5 Greylag Geese, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 93 Dark-bellied Brent Geese and 47 Mute Swans.