November 22nd
On a sunny but freezing morning with a moderate NW breeze blowing we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 45 Fieldfares W, 57 Lapwings, 48 Common Gulls W, 372 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 87 Cormorants, 1 Little Owl, 1 Snow Bunting, 76 Linnets, 8 Goldfinches, 4 Redshank, 9 Oystercatchers, 7 Mallard, 12 Shelduck, 1 Merlin, 1 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 1 red-head Goosander, 4 Common Scoter E, 42 Golden Plovers, 4 Turnstone and 1 Kittiwake.

Juvenile Kittiwake

While we were doing this Derek Smith seawatched from the Tower and birds he counted flying W were 17 Bewick's Swans (199th), 76 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 red-head Goosander, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Merlin, 62 Gannets, 4 large auks, 160 Common Gulls, 88 Lapwings and 12 Golden Plovers.
This afternoon we walked inland at Reculver and saw 1 Common Buzzard, 7 Fieldfares, 1 Woodcock, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Teal, 1 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 84 Gadwall, 10 Mute Swans, 2 Wigeon, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Mallard, 46 Golden Plovers and 320 Lapwings.