What a day, glorious sunshine and signs of spring passage at last. Sea watching off Climping car park at 07:15 looked very slow with only 1w Gannet, 3w Shelduck, and 1w Fulmar, then discovered 2 Slavonian Grebe west of the car park moving slowly west. Observers then gathered then Dan Booker picked up 5 Red Kite  over Poole Place, 2 later seen heading north over the golf course and a further 3 flying in off the sea heading up river. Ten Red Kite but could possibly been even more, what a great spectacle.

Also today, 20 Great-crested Grebe, c50 Common Scoter, 16 Red-breasted Merganser, 2w Dunlin, 60w Oystercatcher, c150w Turnstone, 9w Grey Plover, 2 Wheatear,  horse paddock and west beach, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer, back of the golf course,  1 Chiffchaff, 8 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Jay, and small groups of mainly Meadow Pipit in off the sea.

Wheatear horse field