March 9th

The south easterly wind was not as chilly or strong as yesterday as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and back in bright sunshine. We recorded 12 Mallard, 5 Reed Buntings, 11 Skylarks, 13 Linnets, 17 Chaffinches, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 500 Starlings, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Goldfinches, 2 Golden Plovers, 1 singing Chiffchaff at Chamber's Wall, 2 Goldcrests, 7 Cetti's Warblers, 3 Little Egrets, 3 Redshank, 2 Shoveler, 550 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 130 Oystercatchers, 6 Curlew, 4 Ringed Plovers, 5 Turnstone, 49 Sanderling, 5 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Shelduck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel and 1 Greenfinch.

Male Reed Bunting