February 22nd

On a thoroughly wet morning we spent two hours seawatching and Minnis Bay where we recorded 61 Great Crested Grebes, 14 Red-throated Divers, 20 Shelduck, 27 Grey Plovers, 10 Dunlin, 30 Turnstone, 92 Oystercatchers, 600 Cormorants, 12 Curlew and 300 Dark-bellied Brent Geese.

This afternoon Derek Smith walked from Shuart to Brooksend and on to Plumpudding. He saw 44 Greylag Geese, 2 Canada Geese, 49 Tufted Duck,  9 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egrets, 1 Red Kite W, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzards, 2 Kestrels, 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls (118th), 130 Lapwings, 3 Ring-necked Parakeets, 4 Green Woodpeckers, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff and 4 Corn Buntings.