16/03/25

More chilly North Easterlies and clear skies, a Water pipit along the cliffs on the 14th was the most significant bird for me since last posting.

littoralis Rock pipits have been evident too with one the same day over the valley and Phil C found one just inland today (below).

Lighter Chaffinch passage today c200 NE with c50 Siskin counted and 3 Caspian Gulls (2 x 1stW+1x2nd W) among 100’s moving at cliff top height in a North Easterly direction.

Besides these a few really nice looking Caspian Gulls are coming through, with myself and Gerald at Deal seeing them fairly regularly. The March look : bleached heads, slightly worn wing coverts and in their most obvious and contrasting plumage, the below first winter birds were at Deal on the 12th…

and below at st Margs on the 11th