WAYMARKERS

1 From the shingle beach check the sea for passing Gannet, Fulmar, Kittiwake, plus feeding Red-throated Diver, Red-breasted Merganser, grebes, auks, gulls and sea ducks. The foreshore can attract Turnstone, Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Dunlin, Rock Pipit and Snow Bunting.

2 Check the marshes and lagoons for wildfowl, including large numbers of Wigeon, Pintail, Shoveler and Teal, plus waders such as Avocet, Curlew, Blacktailed Godwit and Snipe. Also, Bittern, Bearded Tit, Kingfisher, Water Pipit, Little Egret and Mediterranean Gull. Raptors can include Merlin, Hen and Marsh Harriers. 3 Check the grazing meadows for geese and swans, including Whitefronted Goose, plus Golden Plover, Ruff, Lapwing, Kestrel, Buzzard, Merlin, winter thrushes, plus Shorteared and Barn Owls at dusk. A good spot to scan the Short Reach for Little Egret, Grey Heron, Brent Goose, Shelduck, Grey Wagtail, Green Sandpiper and Kingfisher

4 Typical farmland and wayside birds should include partridges, Stock Dove, Sky Lark, partridges, Meadow Pipit, Lapwing, Golden Plover, Stonechat, Linnet, Yellowhammer, Bullfinch, Redpoll and Siskin. Sparrowhawk are active here while coastal scrub can be a good spot for a Woodcock flushed from cover or a roosting Long-eared Owl.