February 12th

The overnight frost cleared quite quickly this morning as the SW wind increased. On my walk from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour I counted 7 Chaffinches, 16 Golden Plovers, 12 Coot, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 13 Reed Buntings, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Redshank, 7 Blackbirds, 17 Turnstone, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 14 Grey Plovers, 166 Sanderling, 58 Dunlin, 52 Ringed Plovers, 120 Oystercatchers, 1 Rock Pipit and 1 Sparrowhawk.

Roosting Dunlin and Sanderling