High tide, going out

Sun and cloud, 6 degrees C. light breeze

Excellent start to the year list with 55 species spotted

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)

Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Coal Tit (Periparus ater)

Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Coot (Fulica atra)

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Curlew (Numenius arquata)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

Great Tit (Parus major)

Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Greylag Goose (Anser anser)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

Magpie (Pica pica)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Pintail (Anas acuta)

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

Redshank (Tringa totanus)

Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)

Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

in sea off the point after Fishtail lagoon

Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

1 flying over mudflats, one standing on mudflats near Keyhaven lagoon

Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

Teal (Anas crecca)

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Wigeon (Mareca penelope)

Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)