March 23rd (New Hythe)

RIVER (tide out) - 10 Great Black backed Gulls (ad) 2 Med Gulls (ad) 2 Shelduck 2 Oystercatcher 25 Mallard 18 Teal 2 Snipe 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Peregrine 1 Sparrowhawk 3 Common Buzzards.

Four singing Blackcaps and 3 Chiffchaffs were in the area of Brooklands lake.

Later during the afternoon,I saw 3 Med Gulls in the fields out towards Birling,along with the leucistic Magpie.Which has been around for at least six years.