March 5th

I managed a half hour walk at Reculver this morning in pouring rain and with a chilly, northerly breeze blowing. I saw 1 Black Redstart, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Coot, 2 Mallard, 15 Chaffinches, 3 Moorhens and 20 Dark-bellied Brent Geese.

At dusk this evening there was a murmuration of 5,000+ Starlings over our garden at Bishopstone. The birds spent 30 minutes flying about over Glenbervie and Gainsborough Drives before finally spending the night in the big bushes and trees behind Gainsborough Drive.