March 7th

On a cold and drizzly morning we spent an hour from 0800 at Minnis Bay having a seawatch. In calm conditions we counted 97 Great Crested Grebes, 350 Red-throated Divers, 82 Common Scoter, 2 Gannets, 77 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Velvet Scoter flying W close inshore with 20 Common Scoter, 19 Carrion Crows, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets and 2 Curlews.

Next we visited Reculver where we saw 19 Mute Swans, 1 first winter Bewick's Swan, 19 Mute Swans,  1 Water Rail, 6 Moorhens, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Mallard, 2 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck, 27 Teal, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 male Pintail (124th ), 4 Snipe, 1 Redwing, 2 Yellowhammers and 1 Kestrel.